The people's feat of 1941-1945 found its worthy reflection in Soviet and Russian cinema. Films were created about the Great Patriotic War, capturing not so much historical events as the fate of people of those “fiery” years. This is a memory that is carefully stored and transmitted from generation to generation.

Russian films about the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

In recent years, Russian cinema has returned to the theme of war. New films about the Second World War were created, very high quality in terms of performance technique, but sometimes very dubious in content. We present five worthy works, which should be given their time and attention.

  1. "Star". This film was shot by director Nikolai Lebedev in 2002 based on the novel by Emanuel Kazakevich. The main characters were played by famous actors - I. Petrenko, A. Panin, A. Semakin, A. Gushchin, A. Kravchenko. The year is 1944, a reconnaissance group of Soviet soldiers is sent behind enemy lines with a mission that is of great importance to the whole front. The fighters did what was required of them, but at the cost of their lives.
  2. "28 Panfilov". The film was a truly huge event in the history of Russian cinema. Ordinary people donated money for its creation. In total, more than 34 million rubles were collected. The missing amount was paid by the Ministry of Culture. This film was the answer of the people for those who seek to rewrite the history of the Great Patriotic War, distorting the facts. In this film, without the vulgarity and high-profile personnel, the feat of the soldiers of the 316th Infantry Division under the command of General Panfilov is captured. They defended Moscow near Volokolamsk, Dubosekovo junction. In a fierce battle, the infantry resisted a tank attack.At the cost of their lives, 18 enemy tanks were destroyed, they were not allowed to enter the capital.
  3. "The Battle of Sevastopol." In 2015, the director Sergei Mokritsky addressed the fate of the legendary person, the hero of the war, sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Her role was remarkably performed by Julia Peresild. The honest story of an ordinary girl, student, whom the war forced to take up arms and become an unsurpassed fighter in history, destroying 309 fascist soldiers and officers.
  4. "Brest Fortress". Powerful in its effect, the film, one of the best shot about the Great Patriotic War in recent years, is what its viewers characterize. In 2010, the film "Brest Fortress" was released on the screens of Russia, directed by Alexander Kott. The main characters were played by wonderful actors Andrei Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko, Alexey Kopashov, Evgeny Tsyganov. The plot of the film is based on real events of the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress. Prototypes of the main characters are its defenders. The narrative in the film is on behalf of Sasha Akimov, a pupil of the platoon of musicians of the 333rd Infantry Regiment. A train from Germany arrives at the railway station with agricultural products. However, in reality, saboteurs in the Soviet form of internal troops were hiding in the cars. And at this time, the club is watching an evening of the film "Jolly Fellows". Early in the morning, June 22, two guys - the main character of the film, Sasha and his girlfriend Anya, fish in the river. Suddenly, German planes appear in the sky.

Soviet films about the events of the war years

The masterpieces of Soviet cinema about the Great Patriotic War were mainly created in the post-war period. These films convey all the inescapable pain and severity of those heroic years.

Hope and love for their native land, their family and friends, devotion to their country allowed not only to survive, but also to win in this truly universal battle of good and evil.

These paintings have become the most beloved for our viewers. Generations of Soviet and not only people grew up on them. Even when the ground was moaning under the boots of the fascist invaders, Soviet filmmakers and artists created wonderful feature films because they believed in victory.

  • Such a film was shot in 1944 at six o'clock in the evening after the war. And this film story is not so much about battles, but about great and devoted love. The gunner Vasya Kudryashov and anti-aircraft gunner Varya Pankova at the very beginning of the war met and fell in love. They made an appointment in Moscow on Kamenny Bridge at six in the evening after the war. For five terrible and heroic years, they waited for a meeting, believing in victory and their love.
  • In 1943, a wonderful film was made about the friendship of two soldiers on the front of the "Two Fighters". One of the main roles was played by the beloved Soviet public artist and singer Mark Bernes. It sounded the song "Dark Night", which became a symbol of the feat of the Soviet soldier. The Leningrad Front, the heroic defense of the city, tired soldiers in the cool dugout. A letter home, written by one of the soldiers, and a quiet, in a low voice penetrating the very soul, song. This is a story about military friendship, solidarity and feat.
  • In anticipation of the victory, in 1945, a military film-comedy “Heavenly Silent” was created. Three desperate fellow pilots vowed that before the war ended they would forget about beautiful girls and would never fall in love. However, fate decreed otherwise. After severely injuring one of his friends, the pilot-hero Bulochkin, the commander transferred to the U-2 unit, slow-moving aircraft on which the girls fly. It turned out that the "heavenly slow moving" can also fight, and the girls - to perform real feats. And the heart of Bulochkin, no matter how he resisted, is still subdued.
  • Immediately after the war, in 1947, the film “Scout's Feat”, beloved by all Soviet boys, was shot. The prototype of the protagonist was Nikolai Kuznetsov, the legendary Soviet intelligence officer, a hero.Aleksey Fedotov infiltrates the rear of the enemy, his task is to get the correspondence of the fascist general with Hitler’s headquarters. The actor Pavel Kadochnikov, famous throughout the Soviet Union, perfectly performed the role. Some phrases from this film have become truly legendary. This is a toast “For our victory!”, Which the hero of the film said when the Nazis, who took him for their own, offered to drink for Germany. And also the reconnaissance password "Do you have a Slavic cabinet for sale?"

In the 50s and 70s, great new films were shot about the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 - tragic, vibrant, full of faith in a bright and beautiful Victory, for which life should be put. The heroes of these films seemed to have come off the screen from reality. Their images are so full and natural that people accepted them with great love.

This was a reflection of the great feat of the people in the mirror of the movie screen.

 

  1. "Only old people go into battle." This film is about those who did not return from the battle. Captain Titarenko picked up new pilots in his squadron, right after the school, who had not yet been shot at by the “yellowhorns”. They, inexperienced, are not allowed into battle. Still ahead - blood, death, first love, battle brotherhood. Their time will come when the commander orders: "Only the old people go into battle," and they will rush at all costs to the aircraft waiting for them.
  2. "They fought for their homeland." The hardest time for the country, July 1942. The deadliest battles, the most terrible losses. The filmmakers showed the war as it is, talked about ordinary fighters, infantry, who carried the brunt of the battles on their shoulders. This is a film about the human price that each of the soldiers was ready to give for the liberation of the country from fascism.
  3. "Officers." The film tells about the difficult fate of three generations of the Soviet military. Grandfathers defended Soviet power in Central Asia, fought with the Basmachi. Then, on the eve of the war, they fought in Spain. And then they themselves and their children went to the front in World War II. And the grandchildren, too, choose their fate, connecting it with the army.
  4. "The fate of man." The film is based on the story of Mikhail Sholokhov. The main role of Andrei Sokolov was played by the magnificent Sergey Bondarchuk. This is the life of two people who lost everything in the war - a house, a family, who went through the crucible of the war, survived its worst days. This is a simple soldier who survived in captivity in a fascist camp, and a little orphan boy. Finding each other, they became a father and son.
  5. "And the dawns here are quiet." A piercing film about women in the war. Each has its own destiny that brought them together. They will serve in one platoon under the command of foreman Fedor Vaskov. It would seem that here, in this distant forest, almost to the rear, where fights do not boom, everything is quiet and peaceful. However, one of the girls, absenting herself in a “willfulness” to her young child, who remained nearby in the village, found fascist saboteurs in the forest. Petty Officer Vaskov understands that it is urgent to eliminate the enemy group, but under his command there are unshooted girls.
  6. "Seventeen Moments of Spring". The series, which with bated breath, watched all the citizens of the USSR in 1973. The hero of the film, scout Isaev, who acted behind enemy lines, under the name of Standartenfuhrer SS Shtirlitsa, must find out important information. He must find out which of the senior leaders of the Reich secretly agrees to peace talks. Colonel Isaev is forced to act extremely secretively, skillfully tacking between life and death, unraveling the political intrigues of the rotten fascist elite through and through.

Many films are simply impossible to describe in one article. These are tragic and surprisingly touching stories of individuals - “Father of a soldier”, “Ivan childhood”, “Ballad of a soldier”, “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha”, “Aty-bats, soldiers were walking”. Almost a documentary about the atrocities of the Nazis in Khatyn, “Go and see” ... They really should be watched so that the heart does not harden.

Documentary films about WWII

Documentary war films - they capture the living history of our people, which must not be forgotten.

The creators of these films tried very honestly to convey the atmosphere of those "fiery" years, the everyday feat of the fighters. They scrupulously approached historical facts, testimonies and documents.

  1. "Brest Fortress". Brest Fortress, the tragedy of the outbreak of war. It was she who was the first outpost that appeared on the path of the Nazis who set foot on the land of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. Her heroic defenders fought to the last with the invaders, surrounded on all sides by enemies. They did not give up, holding out for more than a month. The film consists of three parts, which tells the story of the defensive structures of the Brest Fortress and the feat of its defenders. Authentic documents and testimonies of surviving heroes are presented here.
  2. "The Battle of Sevastopol." The defense of Sevastopol went down in history as one of the greatest feats of Soviet sailors and residents of the city in the Great Patriotic War. It had a strategically important location, since taking the city, the Nazis could go directly to the oil deposits of the Caucasus. Soviet sailors held the defenses to the last, for many months they fought, trying to gain time for the Soviet army. The city fell, but the memory of his defenders who died died in people, just as there was hope. Sevastopol was liberated from the invaders. In the film - eyewitness accounts, places of fights, expert comments.
  3. "872 days of Leningrad." The blockade of Leningrad is tragic and heroic in the history of the Great Patriotic War of 872 days. That is how long this beautiful city has lived, surrounded by fascist troops. Each Leningrader accomplished a feat, because under the constant shelling and bombing, people not only survived in cold and hunger - they fought for their city, whose strength of spirit could not be broken by fascist bombs and shells. The city lost more than a million of its inhabitants, people died daily by tens and hundreds of people. In the dilapidated city, they saved its beauty - architectural monuments, museums and valuable exhibits. Composer Shostakovich, to the roar of shells, created his unforgettable Seventh Symphony, which premiered in blockade Leningrad. Leningraders survived, survived and preserved the main thing - the soul of their city, washing it with their own blood.
  4. “Navy of the USSR. Chronicle of victory. " This documentary discusses the role of the USSR Navy in the Great Patriotic War. It shows the main military operations of Soviet ships and submarines, the victories and great sacrifices of sailors. Here you can get acquainted with the history of entire fleets as well as individual ships - battleships, destroyers, cruisers and submarines, hear the names of the heroes of the navy and learn about the deeds they accomplished.
  5. The Liberators. This documentary series is about how representatives of different branches of the Red Army fought on the fields of war. Here is a story about tank heroes, sailors and scouts, gunners and pilots. Those who, giving their lives, brought the long-awaited Victory closer, liberated the cities and villages of their native Soviet state occupied by the enemy.
  6. “Stalingrad. The true story. " The battle of Stalingrad is a decisive battle in the Great Patriotic War. Near Stalingrad, the army of Nazi Germany was defeated under the command of Friedrich Paulus. The film demonstrates the most valuable historical footage of the chronicle and interviews of participants in this battle, who fought on both sides of the front.
  7. The Kursk Arc. This documentary tells the story of the largest battle of the Great Patriotic War - the Kursk Bulge. More than four million people fought in it. Here was the largest tank battle in history, in which six thousand tanks took part. Events on the Kursk Bulge became a turning point. After this truly great event, the Red Army went on the offensive, which ended with the Victory in Berlin.The film uses shots of a military chronicle. Opinions of historians specializing in the period 1941-1945, recollections of eyewitnesses of events are presented.

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