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Men and Beasts
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Men and Beasts

1962-11-02 · 200 min · ★ 6.1

Drama

The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

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Directors
Sergei Gerasimov
Production companies
Gorky Film Studios, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
East Germany, Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nikolay EryomenkoNikolay EryomenkoAleksei Ivanovich Pavlov
Tamara MakarovaTamara MakarovaAnna Andreyevna
Zhanna BolotovaZhanna BolotovaTanya
Vitali DoroninVitali DoroninPyotr Ivanovich Pavlov
Natalya MedvedevaNatalya MedvedevaValentina Sergeyevna
Sergey NikonenkoSergey NikonenkoYuri Pavlov
Olesya IvanovaOlesya IvanovaVarvara Andreyevna
Anastasiya FilippovaAnastasiya FilippovaStepanida Gavrilovna
Mikhail GluzskiyMikhail GluzskiyKlyachko
Vadim ZakharchenkoVadim ZakharchenkoSavateyev
Tatyana GavrilovaTatyana GavrilovaMariya Nikolayevna
Sergei GerasimovSergei GerasimovLvov-Shcherbatsky
Maria Rouvelfrau Wilde
Friedrich-Wilhelm JungeSiegfried
Peter ReussePeter ReusseOtto
Werner ToelckeWerner ToelckeCaesar
Stanislav BorodokinStanislav BorodokinVovka
Valeri MalyshevValeri MalyshevGennadiy
Ivan KuznetsovIvan Kuznetsovuncle Nikolai
Konstantin BartashevichKonstantin BartashevichKuznetsov

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