Before Dawn

Year: 1989

Runtime: 85 mins

Language: Russian

Director: Yaropolk Lapshin

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Set in the summer of 1941 during the war, a train transporting prisoners comes under enemy fire and crashes. Only three survive: a young NKVD lieutenant and two detainees—a thief and a Communist Party member who has been repressed. The trio must endure the hostile landscape together.

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