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Release Year1964
Runtime1h 23m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, War
Votes2
DirectorAndrey Smirnov, Boris Yashin
WritersGrigori Baklanov
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsA Span of Land
About A Span of Land
The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...
Directed by Andrey Smirnov, Boris Yashin, A Span of Land leans on a strong ensemble — Aleksandr Zbruev, Elliya Sukhanova, Evgeniy Urbanskiy — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1964.
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