We all know how hard it is to be a soldier but we still don’t what is the experience of being in a war, where you don’t know if you are gonna live or die. Here is the list of the Best Russian Movies About The Great Patriotic War.
Come and See
1985/War film, Drama/USSR
The fundamental theme of Elem Klimov’s military drama became the horrors of war, which made yesterday’s youngsters become adults many years earlier. A kid from Belarus by the name of Fleura longs to join the front lines of the war against the Nazis, but his mother forbids it. He eventually decides to join the partisan detachment after discovering a rusty weapon between pieces of barbed wire, helmets with bullet holes, and other military wreckage. Fleur will be utterly shocked by the events that the adolescent will become involved in during the next three days. The German punitive detachment staged a real massacre in the village where the protagonist’s mother and sisters still lived; as a result, the young guy now has nothing to lose.
The Cranes are Flying
1957/War film, Drama, Melodrama/USSR
Although Boris and Veronica are engaged to be married and much in love with one another. The start of the war will prevent their plans from materialising. Without telling Veronika, Boris enlists for the front, and as a result of the bombing, Veronika soon loses her parents and her home. The girl relocates to the bride’s home at Father Boris’s advice. She marries another over time without hearing from the young man. Right now, thousands of miles away, somewhere in the Nazi-occupied region, Boris embarks on his final reconnaissance mission. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1959, Mikhail Kalatozov’s movie unexpectedly won the major prize The Palme d’Or, the festival’s top honour.
Stalingrad
2013 / Action, Detective, Drama, War film, Historical film / Russia
The mass audience was drawn in by Fyodor Bondarchuk’s 30 million large-scale films, “Stalingrad.” Such blockbusters are uncommon in Russian cinemas, and this movie was the first domestic production to use IMAX cameras. The defense of the fabled Pavlov’s house during the siege of Stalingrad serves as the plot’s focal point. The tape’s major plot developments all take place in the autumn of 1942. Several Soviet soldiers are attempting to halt the march of the Nazi troops in a house in a run-down city. Technologies that were novel to domestic cinema were also employed in the making of the movie. The main moments of Stalingrad were filmed with the participation of around 900 people.
Battle for Sevastopol
2015/Action, Drama, War film/Russia, Ukraine
The Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko is at the heart of this military historical drama’s storyline. Even though the image depicts a genuine individual, some facts have been altered to create a unified narrative. During the time that Pavlichenko was receiving his degree from Kyiv State University, the Second World War broke out. She decides to join the front and go through training rather than continue her studies. Lyudmila gradually turns into a genuine legend, and the soldiers engage in combat while muttering her name. According to her, 309 fascist intruders were slain. Melodramatic sequences and battle scenes coexist throughout the movie. From 1937 to 1957, a time frame including Pavlichenko’s life, is under observation. Open archive resources were utilised in the “Battle for Sevastopol” research Odesa, Kyiv, Sevastopol, and Kamenetz-Podolsky were all used for filming.
They Fought for their Country
1975 / Drama, War film, Historical film / USSR
The events of this Sergei Bondarchuk-directed movie take place in the summer of 1942, which was one of the most challenging times of the Great Patriotic War. Soviet forces are slowly making their way back towards Stalingrad after being worn out by nonstop combat, leaving the civilians to fend for themselves. The rifle unit, which sustained significant losses, is making every effort with its remaining strength to stave off the fascist invaders. This struggle is already nearing its turning point, but not everyone will live to see it.
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