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The Alive and the Dead (1963) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1963 · 201 mins · Russian
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- Directed by
- Aleksandr Stolper
- Starring
- Дмитрий Сорокин, Oleg Tabakov, Vladimir Shibankov, Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Mikhail Ulyanov
A Russian war correspondent is conscripted and thrust into front‑line combat. After losing his party card, he is branded a deserter until a compassionate stranger aids him. The Soviet film boldly tackles anti‑Stalinist themes, Siberian hardship and war’s cruelty. Directed and written by Alexandre Stolper, it adapts Constantin Simonov’s novel.
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