The Alive and the Dead (1963)
Original title: Живые и мертвые
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A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
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Kirill LavrovIvan Sinzov
Oleg EfremovIvanov
Anatoliy PapanovGeneral Serpilin
Oleg TabakovKrutikov
Lyudmila KrylovaTanya Ovsyannikova
Boris ChirkovBiryukov
Yuriy DubrovinZolotaryov
Zinovi Vysokovsky
Evgeniy Samoylov
Boris Ardov
Mikhail Gluzskiy
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What is The Alive and the Dead about?
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
How long is The Alive and the Dead?
The Alive and the Dead has a runtime of 201 minutes.