The war is not a counting game
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The war is not a counting game |
| Original title | Аты-баты, шли солдаты ... |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Leonid Bykov |
| script |
Boris Wassiljew Kirill Rapoport |
| production | Dovchenko film studio |
| music | Georgi Dmitriev |
| camera | Vladimir Woitenko |
| occupation | |
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The War Is Not A Counting Game is a Soviet war film directed by Leonid Bykov from 1977.
action
In the film, two storylines are interwoven:
In 1944, a Soviet company received a new commander in the young Suslin, who, although well trained, had never actively participated in a war. It is difficult for him in the troop, which already has a person to identify with Svyatkin, who is experienced in the war and has been distinguished for his bravery in front of the enemy. Svyatkin is a rebel, does not subordinate himself, knows which exercises are useful and which just wear out the troops unnecessarily, and takes a nap from the others when he needs it. When the rations of soap that had been allocated to the troops disappeared, Suslin suspects Svyatkin, but the soap is found with young Krynkin, who wanted to send it to his starving mother and sisters. Suslin wants to take tough action, but urge other soldiers to send the soap to the Krynkins family as a gift from the entire troop, since Krynkin is punished enough just by discovering the theft. The train is moved to the small village of Podbednja just before the front. Here Svyatkin celebrates the first birthday of his son, whom he has never seen before. A soldier brings two young women to the celebration. One of them, Kima, is a friend of Suslin's and they get closer and spend the night together. Kima works in the hospital not far from the camp. When a high-ranking general is brought in seriously injured, Suslin gets the final instructions from him: The Germans have broken out of the closed siege of the Soviet army and are moving towards Podbednja with tanks and motorcycles. It is the job of Suslin and his men to stop the Germans at all costs, as reinforcements are already on the march. In the fight between the troops and the Germans, who drive in tanks towards the soldiers' cover, all soldiers of the troop are killed, only Suslin remains injured.
Exactly 30 years later, the children of the soldiers who fell that day received an anonymous card inviting them to Podbednja. The card is from Anna, the daughter Suslin and Kima fathered that night. Suslin recently passed away and had a last wish for the descendants to meet. All appear, including the Krynkins sisters, who had received the soap at the time. Svyatkin's son Constantine, who is now in the army himself, is now finding out for the first time what his father's last hours were like. Together, the descendants go to the plain on which the men fell, lay flowers and visit the war cemetery that has since been laid out on the plain.
production
The War Is Not A Counting Game was released in Soviet cinemas on April 15, 1977 and was shown on DFF 2 for the first time on GDR television on July 7, 1977 . In 2008 the film was released on DVD with German subtitles as part of the Russian Cinema Council Collection.
criticism
"On two levels of action, events of war are brought into a narrative form, the deeds of those who fought at the time are recalled and their effect on the next generation is discussed," wrote the film service .
Awards
Leonid Bykow received the "Taras Shevchenko" State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR for cinematography for The War is No Counting Game and Experienced Hare of the Squadron in 1977. The film was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Film Festival in Bystrica, Czechoslovakia.
Web links
- The war is not Abzählspiel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ War is not a counting game. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .