Alexei Gherman’s first two solo features, 1971’s Trial on the Road and 1976’s Twenty Days Without War, both remarkable, unorthodox, and decidedly anti-heroic war films, met with official disapproval and censorship. The former was still banned (and would remain so for another decade) when Gherman embarked on the latter. A subtle, intimate, and affecting drama, … Continue reading “20 дней без войны – 20 Days without War”
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In 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad, Lopatin, a Soviet Army veteran and writer, travels home to Uzbekistan discovers how even the false peace of a remote civilian village can be disturbed by the silent echoes of distant battle.
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Alexei German’s first two solo features, 1971’s Trial on the Road and 1976’s Twenty Days Without War, both remarkable, unorthodox, and decidedly anti-heroic war films, met with official disapproval and censorship. The former was still banned (and would remain so for another decade) when German embarked on the latter. A subtle, intimate, and affecting drama, … Continue reading “Алексей Герман “20 дней без войны””
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