A zori zdes tikhie (1972)

Director:

Stanislav Rostotsky

Writers:

Stanislav Rostotsky (writer)
Boris Vasilyev (writer)

Release Date:

4 May 1973 (East Germany)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Plot:

Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII...

Plot Keywords:

Retaliation | Tragic Hero | German Army | Eastern Front | Forest

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Yelena Drapeko	...	Lisa Britschkina
Yekaterina Markova	...	Galja Chetvertak (as Ye. Markova)
Olga Ostroumova	...	Zhenja Komelkowa
Irina Shevchuk	...	Rita Osjanina
Irina Dolganova	...	Sonia Gurvich (as I. Dolganova)
Andrei Martynov	...	Sergeant Vaskow
Lyudmila Zajtseva	...	Sergeant Kirjanowa
Alla Meshcheryakova	...	Maria Nikiforovna
Aleksei Chernov
Viktor Avdyushko
Yuri Sorokin
Vladimir Ivashov	...	Brichkins' Guest
N. Yemelyanov
Kirill Stolyarov	...	Sergei
Boris Tokarev	...	Rita's husband

Also Known As:

А зори здесь тихие (Soviet Union: Russian title)
At Dawn It's Quiet Here (Australia)
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (USA)

Runtime:

188 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-12

Filming Locations:

Karelia, Russia

Company:

Gorky Film Studios

Movie Connections:

Remake of A zori zdes tikhie (1970) (TV)

Very disappointing

First, I often like Russian/sowjet war movies (for example Idi i smotri). And I expected much of A zori zdes tikhie (German title: Im Morgengrauen ist es noch still), because I had not seen bad Russian war movies before (well I have seen only 5 or 6, but thats not few) and because of the good comments the movie got here in IMDb. But I think this movie is not convincing, even not for the time it was done (1972). For today standards it is even kitschy in some parts - I means the flashback, when they all dream of their men (the colour film parts) - nobody would do this this not subtle way today - but well - that was the time. But many users said the movie would be realistic - hell it is not. The German soldiers (and they are described as elite force) act so stupid it hurts - (everyone who have been some time in the army will see it). In reality 4-5 unexperienced women and one man (even if he is a genial soldier) would have no chance again 16 Gebirgsjäger. Well I accept, that in movies the leading characters act a bit better than their opponent so that it is a little bit unrealistic (like in Die Brücke - which is by the way a far better movie from 1959) but this was to much. I also think that to much patriotic phrases are used in the movie - that the women fought for good reason would have been clear also without this