Polski opis
Produkcja: ZSRR, NRD
Gatunek: dramat wojenny, romans
Reżyseria: Yuri Ozerov, Julius Kun
Scenariusz: Yuri Bondarev, Oskar Kurganov, Yuri Ozerov
Zdjęcia: Igor Slabnevich
Muzyka: Yuri Levitin
Ocena na imdb.com: 8.8/10 (106 głosów)
Opis:
Najdroższy film w dziejach rosyjskiej kinematografii. Ponad 7-godzinna epopeja wojenna, zrealizowana z niespotykanym rozmachem. Wielka Wojna Ojczyźniana pokazana została z uderzającym realizmem i dbałością o szczegóły, a sceny ostatecznego tryumfu wojsk radzieckich nad III Rzeszą, czyli upadek Berlina, uznawane są do dziś za jedne z najlepszych w historii kina. Unikalne materiały dokumentalne z archiwów radzieckich w połączeniu ze fragmentami kronik filmowych koproducenta epopei – NRD – i nieomal nieograniczonym budżetem sprawiają, że efekt końcowy nie ma sobie równych. Na uwagę zasługuje międzynarodowa obsada, w tym udział wybitnych polskich aktorów – Jana Englerta, Barbary Brylskiej, Daniela Olbrychskiego, Franciszka Pieczki.
źródło: filmweb.pl
Obsada:
Ignacy Machowski
Vladimir Nosik
Hardy Krüger
Franciszek Pieczka
Vladimir Samojlov: Gromow
Angelika Waller: Eva Braun
Florin Piersic: Skorzeny
Jan Englert: Janek
Barbara Brylska: Helena
Daniel Olbrychski: Henrik
Hannjo Hasse: Kluge
Vsevolod Sanayev: Łukin
Mikhail Ulyanov: marszałek Żukow
Yuri Nazarov
Michaił Nożkin (Mikhail Nozhkin)
English description
Country: Soviet Union / East Germany
Genre: Drama / War / Romance
Directed by: Yuri Ozerov, Julius Kun
Writing credits: Yuri Bondarev, Oskar Kurganov, Yuri Ozerov
Director of photography: Igor Slabnevich
Original Music by: Yuri Levitin
imdb.com user rating: 8.8/10 (106 votes)
Plot Summary:
This film is a colossal Soviet-East German production, entitled in the feature length video I saw as THE LAST DAYS OF HITLER (or "Os Ultimos Dias de Hitler").
The original film or TV series lasts a very Soviet-like 7.5 hours. But the video available in the West is less than two hours long. In fact, no mention is made on the video cover that the original film runs so long. I just found that out on this site. In fact, the film was hard to find on the site. Only listed in its Russian title, I found the film researching the actor who plays Hitler.
The production is reportedly "the most expensive film endeavor in the history of the Soviet Union," with "fortunes spent on reconstructing the Fall of Berlin, featuring the most impressive war scenes on film." Whether this assertion is true or not, the blend of rare archival footage and original shots are unique and unforgettable.
The Soviets did indeed take Berlin, and occupied it all on their own for many weeks. So they do have the best archival footage, and the most authentic props. Their East German partners had the actual bombed out buildings to offer, and both countries offered virtually unlimited resources to recreate the "triumph of communism over fascism" - budgets never seen in the West.Plus the Soviets and East Germans had the right ethnic types. No British accents, or fake Nazi and pan Slavic accents. Definitely NOT like the many other "Last days of Hitler" indeed!
The film is, of course, not without its faults; namely the excessive almost religious exaltation of the perfectly correct Soviet soldiers and commanders. But more glaringly, there are no "bad" Germans, other than those in Hitler's bunker. The overwhelming (if not all) Germans left in Berlin are depicted as good communist partisans (even Christian clerics), victimized by a few Nazi demons, as the Russians hade been enslaved the Czars.Anyway, the heavy-handed (what an understatement!) propaganda is to be expected. At least in the short two hour version I saw, all that is not a bad price to pay for the fantastic pluses: military authenticity, and the realistic documentary feeling you'll get from seeing this film.It really is like seeing the Fall of Berlin with your own eyes (or through Soviet eyes), without the over dramatism of Western big name actors playing German and Russian characters, in very fake locations.
This is one hell of an overlooked war film. I guess World War II has been so over filmed that there isn't even enough room left to bring back this masterpiece. It's a shame. As propagandistic as it may be, this movie is no more so than the post war Western Allied films. And infinitely more realistic! If you find the video, don't miss the opportunity to view it.
source: imdb.com
Cast:
Nikolai Olyalin .... Tsvetayev
Larisa Golubkina.... Zoya
Boris Zajdenberg.... Orlov
Sergei Nikonenko.... Sashka
Vsevolod Sanayev.... Lukin
Vladimir Samojlov.... Gromov
Jan Englert.... Janek
Mikhail Ulyanov.... Marshall Zhukov
Bukhuti Zaqariadze.... Josef Stalin
Fritz Diez.... Adolf Hitler (as Fritz Dietz)
Gerd Michael Henneberg.... General Wilhelm Keitel (as G.M. Henneberg)
Hannjo Hasse.... Kluge
Peter Sturm.... General Alfred Jodl
Florin Piersic.... Skorzeny
Barbara Brylska.... Helena
