Russian WWII film list

[Laura]

I didn't see your original query, but for WWII films you might also look at
Семнадцать мгновений весны.
Best,
Laura Kline
Lecturer
Wayne State University

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> Thanks to everyone who provided recommendations for Russian films about
> WWII.  Following is a listing of these films, books, and articles.
>
> Russian films:
> Come and see, Idi i smotri, E. Klimov, 1985.
> Fall of Berlin, Padenia Berlina, M. Andzhaparidze, et al, 1950.
> Cranes are flying, Letyat zhuravli, Kalatozov, 1957.
> Ballad of a soldier, Ballada o soldate, Chkhrai, 1959.  A young war
> hero receives a short leave to see his mom back home.
> Ivan's childhood / My name is Ivan, Ivanovo detstvo, Tarkovsky, 1962.
> Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya, G. Yegiazarov, 1972.  After Yu.
> Bondarev's novel of the same name about the Stalingrad battle.
> Farewell boys, Do svidaniya mal'chiki, M. Kalik.
> Zavtra byla voina, Yu. Kara, 1987.  After the novel by the same title
> by B. Vasil'ev.
> A zori zdes' tikhie, 1972.  After a story by B. Vasilyev of the same
> name.  Story of  girl anti-aircraft gunners.
> Ya russkij soldat, 1995.  Based on B. Vasil'ev's story "V spiskakh ne
> znachilsya."
> Proverka na dorogakh, A. German, 1971 (1985).
> Dvadtsat' dnei bez voiny, after a play of the same name by Simonov.
> Khronika pikirueshchego bombardirovshchika (about dive-bomber pilots),
> N. Birman, 1967.
> Ascent, Voskhozhdenie, L. Shepit'ko, after "Sotnikov" by V. Bykau, 1976.
> TV series after V. Panova's "Sputniki."
> Osvobozhdenie, Yu. Ozerov, 1970-1972, 5-film series:  Ognennaya duga;
> Proryv; Napravlenie glavnogo udara; Bitva za Berlin; and Poslednij
> shturm.  Many actors took part in this series including V. Shukshin.
> Normandie-Neman, about the French air brigade fighting on the Soviet
> front and receiving the second name "Neman" after the Belorussian
> river, because of the role the brigade played in the 1944 battles in
> Byelorussia, 1960.
> Mashen'ka, Yu. Raizman, 1942 (note the release date -- film was a big
> success down all over the country).
> No greater love, Ona zashchishchaet rodinu, Ermler, 1943 (available at
> Stanford U. library).
> Sekretar' raikoma, Pyr'ev, 1942.
> Boevye kinosborniki, assorted directors, assorted studios, 1942.
> Oni srazhalis' za rodinu, 1975, S. Bondarchuk, after M. Sholokhov's
> novel of the same name.  Another appearance for V. Shukshin.
>
> Not Russian:
> Ich war neunzehn (I was 19), DEFA studios, East Germany.  19-year-old
> German boy who had relocated with his family to Russia comes back to
> Germany as part of the Soviet troops.  Coming of age.  National
> identity.
>
> English-language documentaries:
> Russian front, 1999.  Four-part box set.  VHS.  Amazon. $59.95.
> Battle of Stalingrad, VHS, $18.49.  Amazon.  French documentary from
> the 1960s with interviews of battle's survivors.
>
> Books:
> Film propaganda, Richard Taylor.
> The Russian context, Genevra Gerhart.
> Kino:  A history of Russian and Soviet film, J. Leyda.
> Mass culture in Soviet Russia:  Tales, poems, songs, movies, plays and
> folklore:  1917-1953.  J. van Eldern adn R. Stites.
> The illustrated history of Soviet cinema, N. Zorkaya, 1989.
>
> Article:
> "Screening the past," Elena Stishova, Russian Life, Feb. 1997.
>
> To order Russian films:
> www.rbcvideo.com
> www.amazon.com
>
> Jonathan Gray
> California State University, Sacramento
> jflgray at pacbell.net
>
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