At dawn it is still quiet
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German title | At dawn it is still quiet |
Original title | А зори здесь тихие |
Country of production | Soviet Union |
original language | Russian |
Publishing year | 1972 |
length | 188 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Stanislav Rostotski |
script | Stanislaw Rostozki , Boris Wassiljew |
music | Kirill Molchanov |
camera | Vyacheslav Shumsky |
cut | Valentina Mironova |
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It's still quiet at dawn is a Soviet anti-war film that was made in 1972 after Boris Vasilyev 's Powest of the same name (1969). It consists of two parts In the hinterland and Battle of local importance .
action
The film is set in Karelia in 1942 during the Great Patriotic War . In flashbacks, memories of the protagonists are shown as dream sequences throughout the plot.
Part 1
The Star China Waskow, a Flakeinheit commands, is assigned a group of war voluntary young women. During an air raid, they succeed in shooting down an enemy aircraft. In the recovered maps there are references to possible attack plans by the Germans. Later, Untersergeantin Osjanina accidentally observed two German paratroopers transporting explosives through the forest. Waskow selects five girls to help him capture the two enemy soldiers and sets off with them into the woods. With a march through extensive swamps, the small unit shortens the assumed route of the Germans and takes a position in wait on a chain of hills.
Part 2
It soon turns out, however, that not two but sixteen heavily armed German soldiers jumped off, whose supposed destination is the Murman Railway on the White Sea-Baltic Canal . The unit can use diversionary maneuvers to hold up the enemy for a while, while Waskow sends a soldier back to the garrison to request reinforcements. But soon the group has to take on the unequal fight. The young women have little to no combat experience. One by one they perish. Waskow is the only one to survive, who - seriously wounded - takes the last three German soldiers holed up in a forest hut prisoner.
After about 30 years, Waskow visits the scene with his adopted son and erects a memorial plaque for the fallen women. They meet a group of carefree youngsters.
History of origin
The literary model, the story of the same name, was published in the literary magazine Junost in 1969 . In 1971 it was staged as a play in the Taganka Theater in Moscow. The filming took place in 1972 in Karelia - including in the village of Sjargilachta - as well as in the Mosfilm studios .
Artistic means
The main plot is shot in black and white, the flashbacks and the later scenes in color. The film music used includes Dmitri Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2 from the Suite for Variety Orchestra .
Reviews
Lexicon of international films : “The hero song of the woman in the Soviet army; humanly appealing and interesting in terms of topic and message. "
Prices
- 1972: Commemorative Prize of the Venice International Film Festival
- 1973 : Oscar nomination in the category " Best Foreign Language Film "
- 1973: 1st prize at the All Union Cinema Festival in Alma-Ata
Web links
- The Dawns Here Are Quiet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ At dawn it is still quiet. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .