The Dawns Here Are Quiet (2015): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2015, The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a drama and war film directed by Renat Davletyarov, running about 120 minutes.

What it’s about. It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost?

Who’s in it. The Dawns Here Are Quiet stars Pyotr Fyodorov as Fedot Vaskov, Anastasiya Mikulchina as Rita Osyanina, Evgenia Malakhova as Zhenya Komelkova and Kristina Asmus as Galya Chetvertak, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.9/10, The Dawns Here Are Quiet has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response. It went on to earn $5.2M at the box office.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Dawns Here Are Quiet page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Dawns Here Are Quiet tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.