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Men and Beasts (1962)

Original title: Люди и звери

1962-07-07 · 3h 20m · RU
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The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

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Sergei GerasimovDirector, Writer

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Nikolay EryomenkoNikolay EryomenkoAleksei Ivanovich PavlovTamara MakarovaTamara MakarovaAnna AndreyevnaZhanna BolotovaZhanna BolotovaTanyaVitali DoroninVitali DoroninPyotr Ivanovich PavlovNatalya MedvedevaNatalya MedvedevaValentina SergeyevnaSergey NikonenkoSergey NikonenkoYuri PavlovOlesya IvanovaOlesya IvanovaVarvara AndreyevnaAnastasiya FilippovaAnastasiya FilippovaStepanida GavrilovnaMikhail GluzskiyMikhail GluzskiyKlyachkoVadim ZakharchenkoVadim ZakharchenkoSavateyevTatyana GavrilovaTatyana GavrilovaMariya NikolayevnaSergei GerasimovSergei GerasimovLvov-Shcherbatsky

Keywords

Mother daughter relationshipRoad tripCorruption1940sNazismPrisoner of warGermanyCar accidentSoviet unionConcentration campConcentration camp prisonerCapitalismRed armyArgentinaBuchenwald

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityMother Daughter Relationship · Road Trip · CorruptionDialogue densityDramaPacingLongEmotional intensityPrisoner Of WarDirector preference372283

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What is Men and Beasts about?

The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

How long is Men and Beasts?

Men and Beasts has a runtime of 200 minutes.