Twenty Days Without War

1976 1h 41m RU

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★6.6TMDB · 37★7.7IMDB · 1,632

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Synopsis

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War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yuriy Nikulin
Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Nina
Aleksey Petrenko
Yuri Stroganov
Angelina Stepanova
Zinaida Antonovna, artistic director of the theater
Mikhail Kononov
Pasha Rubtsov
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Rubtsova
Mykola Hrynko
Vyacheslav
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Xenia Sergeevna, former wife of Lopatin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksei German
Writers: Konstantin Simonov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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ERA

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50 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aleksei German, shot by Valery Fedosov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yevgeniya Makhankova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yuriy Nikulin and Lyudmila Gurchenko and Aleksey Petrenko carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0074447 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Aleksei German directs. Valery Fedosov behind the camera. Yevgeniya Makhankova cuts. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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150 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Aleksei German, shot by Valery Fedosov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Yevgeniya Makhankova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Yuriy Nikulin and Lyudmila Gurchenko and Aleksey Petrenko carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0074447 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.