CAST:
Boris Andrejev,
Antonina Bogdanova,
Zinaida Kiriljenko,
Sergej Lukijanov,
Mihail Majorov

SCRIPT:
Aleksandar Dovženko

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Fjodor Provorov,
Aleksej Temerin

Synopsis:
This is a WW II drama about courageous civilians and soldiers. The main character is a Ukrainian peasant who fights all the way to Berlin and survives many battles and wounds. Finally he returns home to his lover. For this film, based on Dovzhenko’s screenplay, Yuliya Solntseva received the award as Best Director in Cannes in 1961.

color, 91 min