Men and Beasts

Overview

The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 2, 1962

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

East Germany, Soviet Union

Production

Gorky Film Studios,DEFA,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast

Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge,Vladimir Solovyov,Ivan Kuznetsov,Maya Bulgakova,Stanislav Borodokin,Karla Assmus,Sergey Nikonenko,Lutz Köhlert,Valentina Vladimirova,Nikolay Eryomenkoand 29 more

Director

Sergei Gerasimov

Writer

Sergei Gerasimov,Tamara Makarova

Cinematography

Vladimir Rapoport

Music

Pavel Chekalov,Aram Khachaturyan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0056205