Country: URSS
Year: 1981
Duration: 91'
In 1941, in a Russian village where life goes on with the slow rhythm of country life, reports say that Hitler’s Germany attacked the USSR, and the Nazi army already crossed the borders. The boys of the village begin to wait for the day they’ll be called to go to war. While waiting, the rhythm of life almost doesn’t change: even if they’re preparing for their departure, the old ones talk about their past war experiences, the women deal with clothes and shoes that their husbands or children will be wearing. They know very little of the war that has just begun, but it is painfully heavy on people’s behavior, on the faces that rarely smile. The film doesn’t have a main character: the protagonists are the farmers of the village, the boys that meet and drink with the elderly, the women that make bread and the conscripts that quietly start to leave.
Traduzione in inglese Francesca Sala – English translation Francesca Sala
Biography
film director
Arkadij Sirenko
He was born in Saratov in 1946 and in 1970 he studied to be a director at the VGIK, where he studied under M. I. Romm and L. A. Kulidžanov guidance. In 1975 he got the Honours Degree, with two of his works as a thesis: Khmyr’ and Serdcebienie (Heartbeat). He has worked as director in the studios of Mosfilm since 1976.
1976: Žuravl’ v nebe (A stork in the sky) with S. Samsonov. 1978: Veterany (The veterans), where he’s also co-author of the script.
1981: Rodnik (The spring), his first feature film.
Traduzione in inglese Francesca Sala – English translation Francesca Sala
FILMOGRAFIA
1976: Zuravl' v nebe (Una cicogna nel cielo) in collaborazione con S. Samsonov. 1978: Veterany (I veterani), di cui è anche coautore della sceneggiatura. 1981: Rodnik (La sorgente), primo lungometraggio a soggetto.
Cast
& Credits
Director: Arkadij Sirenko.
Plot: from the novel "Usvyatskiye shlemonostsy. A story" by Evgenij Nosov.
Screenplay: Vladimir Lobanov.
Director of photography: Enicber Karavaev (35mm, colore).
Operatore: A. Dubrovaj.
Music: V. Kazenin.
Costume designer: N. Firsova.
Sound: A. Grec.
Cast: Vladimir Kostjukhin, Valentina Fedotova, Ivan Lapikov, Eduard Bocarov, Stefanja Stanjuta, Valerij Barinov, V. Voskonjanc.
Production company: Mosfilm.
Plot: from the novel "Usvyatskiye shlemonostsy. A story" by Evgenij Nosov.
Screenplay: Vladimir Lobanov.
Director of photography: Enicber Karavaev (35mm, colore).
Operatore: A. Dubrovaj.
Music: V. Kazenin.
Costume designer: N. Firsova.
Sound: A. Grec.
Cast: Vladimir Kostjukhin, Valentina Fedotova, Ivan Lapikov, Eduard Bocarov, Stefanja Stanjuta, Valerij Barinov, V. Voskonjanc.
Production company: Mosfilm.
