I'm interested in Russian Media's perspective of the Great Patriotic War and from that perspective this is a good period piece. More so this film
like other recent Mosfilm and Star Media productions
is well produced and utilizes very appropriate actors. So this film
clocking in at a puny 82 minutes
is by no means a waste of time.
That said this story does not make sense to me. I mean is there person out there that gets wrongfully sentenced to death for cowardliness that is so cooperative so honest so noble? Seriously! At one point he trades his prize possession his Grandfather's pocket watch for a new pair of boots for his captor the guy marching him of to death??? There are several other examples of Ogarkov's silliness. His character doesn't no make sense and because of that the plot is seriously damaged.
A few interesting notes: This appears to be a remake of an early 1960's Mosfilm production entitled Dvoe v stepi (Two in the Steppe). Additionally the film gives credit to the war diaries of Konstantin Simonov so there is some history here.
In summary interesting look at Russian WW2 culture but pretty silly 6 of 10 stars
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That said this story does not make sense to me. I mean is there person out there that gets wrongfully sentenced to death for cowardliness that is so cooperative so honest so noble? Seriously! At one point he trades his prize possession his Grandfather's pocket watch for a new pair of boots for his captor the guy marching him of to death??? There are several other examples of Ogarkov's silliness. His character doesn't no make sense and because of that the plot is seriously damaged.
A few interesting notes: This appears to be a remake of an early 1960's Mosfilm production entitled Dvoe v stepi (Two in the Steppe). Additionally the film gives credit to the war diaries of Konstantin Simonov so there is some history here.
In summary interesting look at Russian WW2 culture but pretty silly 6 of 10 stars
POST: To show IMDb what I think of their disabling their message boards, I am vowing to stop using Amazon's pay per view service! Google Play, VUDU and Netflix are excellent alternatives ... and are often cheaper. Thanks IMDb ... way to treat your dedicated customers who want to share their passion for films and history!