Also People

1960 0h 13m RU

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 1

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Based on an excerpt from the novel by L.N.Tolstoy "War and Peace." The war of 1812. The defeated Napoleonic army is retreating. Three Russian soldiers settled in a snowy forest near a fire: a young (Zaletayev), an elderly and a middle-aged one. Zaletayev fantasizes — as if he had captured Napoleon. The soldiers laugh good-naturedly at him. After dinner, they fall asleep... Two Frenchmen go to the clearing — an officer and a soldier. Russian soldiers wake up and, seeing that the officer is barely standing on his feet from cold and hunger, take him to the colonel. The French soldier sits down to the fire. The Russians give him porridge and vodka. The soldier, encouraged, sings a french song. Zaletayev echoes him. A tired Frenchman falls asleep on Zaletayev’s shoulder. The soldiers carefully shelter him. “Also people,” an elderly soldier says with a sigh.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lev Durov
Zaletayev
Manos Zacharias
French Army officer
Vsevolod Sanayev
Old soldier
Yevgeni Kudryashov
Middle-aged soldier
Vladimir Ferapontov
French soldier
Georgi Millyar
French soldier (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Georgiy Daneliya
Writers: Georgiy Daneliya
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Georgiy Daneliya, shot by Nikolay Olonovskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Lev Durov and Manos Zacharias and Vsevolod Sanayev carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0170703 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Georgiy Daneliya directs. Nikolay Olonovskiy behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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1Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
266 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Georgiy Daneliya, shot by Nikolay Olonovskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Lev Durov and Manos Zacharias and Vsevolod Sanayev carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0170703 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.