woensdag 26 mei 2010

Oswobozhdenije - Liberation 04

Genre:.....................WWII Drama
Language:.................Russian - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour/B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr19Mins
Size:........................1.36Gb

The Fourth film is about the Russian advance into Germany.This soviet whitewashing of history is the film's biggest weakness (apart from a lot of poor editing during the battles). The Russian soldiers are shown to be good-natured and generous even to the German civilians (which we know was not the case).
There's even a few scenes of German turncoats serving under the communists and helping them storm a zoo (so the General can have a pet monkey) in a fairly surreal scene in Part 4. This film has a heavy East-German connection so it's easy to see where that came from.