Released:
2004-02-05

Overview:
A fat middle-aged man in German officer's uniform gets off a train somewhere in Russia in winter. He is a doctor who has just been called up we learn eventually. This is the end of the line- the Germans are about to retreat. He goes to a hospital which is being evacuated and is thrown out. Kicked out he wanders with another conscript- a failed actor turned postman. The postman is deafened by a shell explosion. They meet their Russian equivalents, others as bad at killing as they are, while other Russians and Germans kill one another around them.

Director:
Aleksei German Jr.

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Pavel Romanov
• 
  Pyotr Merkuryev
• 
  Aleksei Merkuryev
• 
  Natalya Lvova
• 
  Aleksey Devotchenko