Plot synopsis

"A feature documentary continuing the tradition of Dziga Vertov." - Neya Zorkaya, The Illustrated History of Soviet Cinema. Like many other Soviet filmmakers and artists, Dovzhenko threw his talents behind the total mobilization for the war effort against Germany. The first of Dovzhenko's wartime documentaries incorporates footage of the invasion of the Ukraine taken by German cameramen and later captured by the Soviets. There are also scenes of the counterattack, as well as unique scenes depicting the battlefield cooperation between Ukrainian and Czechoslovakian troops. Dovzhenko's cameraman on the film was Sergei Urusevsky, who would later go on to form an extraordinary partnership with director Mikhail Kalatozov on such masterworks as The Cranes Are Flying and I Am Cuba.
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Selected in the following festivals or events :

- Programme 2019-2020 organisé par la Sorbonne : films tabous et interdits en URSS, Paris (France), 2019

- Filmer la guerre. Les soviétiques face à la Shoah, Paris (France), 2015

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