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Soviet war cinema so epic it needed TWO movies to finish the trauma.
TMDB
35
IMDb
72
Google
92

Retribution (1969)

Propaganda prestigeTank warfare balletEarnest to a fault

Overview

DramaWar

The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "The Alive and the Dead".

Flag of SUSURussian
Content warning
Survivor's guiltCommand responsibilityNational sacrificeStalinist heroism

Standout Aspects

Direction

Stolper's battlefield staging—operatic, massive, unmistakably Soviet.

Acting

Lavrov's haunted captain carries the weight of impossible orders.

Best for:Solo: When you're ready to witness Soviet cinema at its most monumentally serious.·Rewatch: Film students analyzing how propaganda aesthetics shaped an entire nation's war memory.
Heads up:Emotional: Relentless wartime loss; characters established only to die heroically.
Aleksandr Stolper

Director

Aleksandr Stolper

ReleasedMay 19, 1969
Runtime2h 6m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Mosfilm

Top Cast

Kirill Lavrov

Kirill Lavrov

Иван Синцов, капитан

Anatoliy Papanov

Anatoliy Papanov

Фёдор Фёдорович Серпилин, генерал-майор

Lyudmila Krylova

Lyudmila Krylova

Таня Овсянникова, военврач

Alexandr Plotnikov

Alexandr Plotnikov

Иван Васильевич Кузьмич, генерал-майор

Yuriy Stoskov

Yuriy Stoskov

Левашов

Yuri Vizbor

Yuri Vizbor

Константин Прокофьевич Захаров, член ВоенСовета, бригадный комиссар

Grigoriy Gay

Grigoriy Gay

полковник Бережной

Sergey Shakurov

Sergey Shakurov

Николай Ильин, комбат

Aleksandr Grave

Aleksandr Grave

Геннадий Николаевич Пигин, полковник

Oleg Khabalov

Oleg Khabalov

Viktor Korshunov

Viktor Korshunov

начальник военного госпиталя

Viktor Kosykh

Viktor Kosykh

Григорий

Lola Badalova

Lola Badalova

Халида

Nina Urgant

Nina Urgant

Сима Суворова

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of a wave of 1960s-70s Soviet 'tank films' that rehabilitated Stalinist commanders while maintaining ostensible de-Stalinization.

Trivia

The 2.2 TMDB rating reflects near-total Western obscurity—this was massive in the USSR, completely unseen elsewhere.

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