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Completed - RUSSIAN - Drama - 128 minutes

Log Line

In German-occupied western Soviet Union in 1942, a man tries to make a moral choice under immoral circumstances when wrongly accused of collaborating. His humanity is put to the test on the tense forest journey to his execution by partisans. An epic historical drama from the director of MY JOY.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2012 (Premiere)
  • Toronto 2012 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Sergei LOZNITSA
Writer(s) : Sergei LOZNITSA
Cast : Vladimir SVIRSKI, Vlad ABASHIN, Sergei KOLESOV, Vlad IVANOV, Julia PERESILD, Nadezhda MARKINA

Producer(s) : Heino DECKERT (MA.JA.DE Fiction), Galina SEMENTSEVA (GP Cinema Company), Vilnis KALNAELLIS (Rija Films)

Synopsis

Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation, and local partisans are fighting a brutal resistance campaign.
A train is derailed not far from the village, where Sushenya, a rail worker, lives with his family. Innocent Sushenya is arrested with a group of saboteurs, but the German officer makes a decision not to hang him with the others and sets him free. Rumours of Sushenya’s treason spread quickly, and partisans Burov and Voitik arrive from the forest to get revenge.
As the partisans lead their victim through the forest, they are ambushed, and Sushenya finds himself one-to-one with his wounded enemy.
Deep in an ancient forest, where there are neither friends nor enemies, and where the line between treason and heroism disappears, Sushenya is forced to make a moral choice under immoral circumstances.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY, RUSSIA, LATVIA, NETHERLANDS

AUSTRALIA SHARMILL FILMS
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MEXICO CINETECA NACION
NETHERLAND Dec 12, 2013 CONTACT FILM
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SPAIN Mar 08, 2013 VERTIGO FILMS
TAIWAN FLASH FORWARD E
TAIWAN GREAT LEAP FORW
UNITED KIN Apr 26, 2013 NEW WAVE FILMS
USA MUBI, INC
USA STRAND RELEASIN

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2012 Competition
Toronto - TIFF 2012 Contemporary World Cinema
Tromso IFF 2013 Competition Program


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