Four directors, one war, zero mercy — Russian cinema goes full Soviet epic mode.
The Great Patriotic War. Ordinary situations cannot seriously influence the course of the global world conflict, which unfolded on thousands of kilometers of the front of a vast country, in which tens of millions of soldiers are participating. But it was the human qualities of everyone who stood to the death with weapons in their hands in this harsh time, where all the forces of good and evil came together, and everyone was ready to do anything for the sake of victory, that became the force that crushed Nazism.
Direction
Four directors = four visions of suffering, somehow cohesive.
Production
Period detail so authentic you can taste the 1940s mud.
Director
Dmitry Pasichnyuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during ongoing geopolitical tensions, the film's timing and state funding sparked debate about weaponized nostalgia.
Egor Beroev's grandfather was a real WWII veteran; he requested his own segment be the most physically demanding as tribute.
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