The Alive and the Dead (1964)
Original title: Живые и мертвые
The Alive and the Dead is a 1964 Russian-language war movie directed by Aleksandr Stolper. It stars Kirill Lavrov, Anatoliy Papanov and Aleksey Glazyrin.
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
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What is The Alive and the Dead about?
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
When was The Alive and the Dead released?
The Alive and the Dead was released on 22 February 1964.
Who made The Alive and the Dead?
The Alive and the Dead was directed by Aleksandr Stolper.
Cast
- Kirill Lavrov as Sintsov
- Anatoliy Papanov as Serpilin
- Aleksey Glazyrin as Malinin
- Oleg Efremov as Ivanov
- Lyudmila Krylova as Ovsyannikova
- Lev Lyubetsky as Shmakov
- Lyudmila Lyubimova as Masha
- Vasiliy Makarov as Zaychikov
- Roman Khomyatov as Lyusin
- Zinovi Vysokovsky as Misha
- Yuriy Dubrovin as Zolotaryov
- Igor Pushkaryov as Khoryshev