Panfilov's 28 Men

2016 1h 45m RU

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★6.7TMDB · 189

HistoryActionDramaWar

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USSR, November, 1941. Based on the account by Vasiliy Koroteev this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight Red Army soldiers commanded by General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though lightly armed they fight tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Azamat Nigmanov
Musabek Sengirbaev
Aleksey Morozov
Vasiliy Klochkov
Yakiv Kucherevskyi
Serzhant Dobrobabin
Oleg Fyodorov
Grigory Shemyakin, foreman
Aleksej Longin
Pavel Gundilovich
Dmitriy Girev
Bondarenko
Amadu Mamadakov
Alikbay Kosaev
Andrey Shalyopa
Lieutenant

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Druzhinin
Writers: Andrey Shalyopa
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kim Druzhinin, shot by Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Vitaly Vinogradov 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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Azamat Nigmanov and Aleksey Morozov and Yakiv Kucherevskyi carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt5207204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Kim Druzhinin directs. Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy behind the camera. Vitaly Vinogradov cuts. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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1Released 10 years ago.
2Directed by Kim Druzhinin, shot by Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Vitaly Vinogradov shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Azamat Nigmanov and Aleksey Morozov and Yakiv Kucherevskyi carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt5207204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy
Editing: Vitaly Vinogradov
Production design: Ekaterina Lizogubova
Costume design: Viktoriya Igumnova
Stunt coordinator: Maksim Dragoy
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Status: Released
Original language: RU
IMDB: Panfilov's 28 Men (2016)

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Wuchak2021-12-22
★ 5/10
Eastern Front drama and action as the Red Army clashes with aggressing Nazi hordes In mid-November, 1941, the remaining 28 men of a Soviet division protect Moscow from German invaders with vastly superior weaponry on a snowy landscape. "Panfilov’s 28" (2016) is surprisingly well done on a technical level for a film that only had a budget of $1,700,000 (thru crowd-funding). If you like Eastern Front WW2 films like “Cross of Iron” (1977), "Dear Elza!" (2014) and "T-34" (2018), you’ll probably appreciate it, but IMHO it’s the least of these. At the same time, I have a friend who ranks it as one of his favorites. The problem for me is that there’s zero action until the 39-minute mark and the conversations of the men up to that point, while well-written/executed, are relatively dull. Furthermore, this is a straight war flick that honors the heroes of the (supposedly) true-life battle near Dubosekovo, so don’t expect any unlikely romances or twists. Like “Gettysburg” (1993), it’s simply about modern warfare, the men who fight it and their reasons for fighting. Despite the realism of everything, including the trench-oriented combat, the movie strangely put me to sleep (but maybe I was just tired). The story is, in essence, the Soviet version of 300 Spartans with one of the soldiers even bringing up that historical account during a march. But the account has proven to be a fabrication of a Soviet newspaper for propaganda purposes. However, it IS true that small groups of Red Army soldiers on the Eastern Front boldly faced hordes of oncoming Germans troops with superior firepower to protect their Motherland. And it’s not like Americans and Brits haven’t made scores of fantastical WW2 pictures with some amount of historical realism, like “Where Eagles Dare” (1968) and “Fury” (2014). One thing that’s amazing is that almost all the tanks used in the movie are miniatures and I didn’t even notice! Except for one actual-size model tank built for the movie, the tanks are 1:16 detailed models. The sequences shot inside the tank, however, used a full-scale model of tank internals. The film runs about 2 hours and was shot at Ivanovo, Ivanovskaya oblast, Russia, with studio stuff done in St. Petersburg. GRADE: C+

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