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Review of Nouveaux 2disc edition(2005- film released in 1985) ,the extras on disc2. interviews with the main actor, director & production designer + 2 short 'propaganda/newsreel' sections from the '40s, filmographies & a picture gallery . On disc1 is the film (137mins) ,it has an English dubbed version -& also the much better Russian language original + subtitles available on this disc. both versions are in 5.1.audio. This isn't really a 'war film' as such,but a film about a boy and his experiences in 1943 Belarus as the Germans are dealing with partisans( & civilians) ,one section is inspired by actions during 'Operation Cottbus' .there are no 'Defiance' style heroics here,in fact there are no actual battle scenes but mostly grim survival or death.This film blends the realistic with the occasionally beautiful, strange & surreal ,The closest in tone to this is the film 'The Tin Drum' from 1979 .Some people won't like this film- .For others it will be an experience & something they will never forget.Read full review
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A film from 1985, which Iv never seen before. its slow to start with but comes to the boil and shows the horror of war and how it affects people in desperate situations through the eyes of a young lad who thinks war a game.,
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If you see one 'war' film in your life, make it this one. A brutal and uncompromising look, through a child's eyes, at the horrific slaughterhouse that was the Eastern Front of World War Two. A grim but spellbinding insight into the clash of Nazi and Soviet ideologies and the resulting effects on the civilian population.
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One of the greatest films ever made about the Second World War.
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Good film, but I wouldn't say it was the best war film ever made though!
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