Awards : Nominated, Cannes Film Festival, 1975
Special Prize, International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary,1976
National Prize of Russia, 1977
Prize Brothers Vasilyev for Vadim Yusov (cinematography), 1977
Adaptation of M. Sholokhov’s novel of the same name. The film tells us about several days of tough fights, when a small group of brave men standed to death under continues bombings and tank attacks. During the short breaks they talk about the War and its lessons, recollect the peaceful life. The tragic tention of the fight is changed by the sceens full of humour.
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