Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Russian — subtitles on.
The story
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- stalingrad
- russian soldier
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Vasiliy Shukshin
Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
- Yuriy Nikulin — pvt. Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov — sergeant Poprischenko
- Nikolai Gubenko — lieutenant Goloschyokov
- Andrei Rostotsky — corporal Kochetygov
- Nikolay Volkov — pvt. Nikiforov
- Mykola Shutko — cook lisichenko
- Evgeniy Samoylov — Colonel Marchenko
- Nonna Mordyukova — Natalya Stepanovna
- Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy — surgeon
- Angelina Stepanova — old Cossack woman
- Irina Skobtseva — head nurse
- Directed
- Sergey Bondarchuk
- Written
- Sergey Bondarchuk
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 66 ratings
- Studio
- Mosfilm
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