Soldiers Were Walking (1959)
October 1917. Russian and German soldiers, exhausted by three years of war, began to fraternize. But officers' bullets shot the fraternizers. The survivors - Ilya, Matvey, nurse Olga and German soldier Jakob - swore in front of the fallen soldiers to reach St. Petersburg and achieve peace for all.
Director: Leonid Trauberg
Genre: Drama, War, History
Runtime: 81 min
Release Date: February 23, 1959
Cast
- Sergey Bondarchuk - Matvey Krylov - soldat
- Andrei Petrov - Ilya Sorokin - soldat
- Erast Garin - Jakob Hoffmann - nemetskiy soldat
- Elza Lezhdey - Olga Kartseva - medsestra
- Mikhail Ulyanov - Yegor Mikhaylov- soldat
- Maria Pastukhova - Nadezhda Krylskaya
- Tatyana Doronina - Khrista
- Vladimir Belokurov - General
- Oleg Efremov - Senyka Radunskiy - dezertir i spekyulant
- Konstantin Adashevsky - City mayor
Screenplay
- Leonid Trauberg
- Ignatiy Rostovtsev (Script Editor)
Music: Vladimir Rubin
Cinematography: Arkadi Koltsaty
Editing: Mariya Timofeyeva
Production: Mosfilm
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Original Language: ru
More Films by Director: Leonid Trauberg
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Soldiers Were Walking about?
- October 1917. Russian and German soldiers, exhausted by three years of war, began to fraternize. But officers' bullets shot the fraternizers. The survivors - Ilya, Matvey, nurse Olga and German soldier Jakob - swore in front of the fallen soldiers to reach St. Petersburg and achieve peace for all.
- Who directed Soldiers Were Walking?
- Soldiers Were Walking was directed by Leonid Trauberg.
- Who stars in Soldiers Were Walking?
- Soldiers Were Walking stars Sergey Bondarchuk, Andrei Petrov, Erast Garin, Elza Lezhdey, Mikhail Ulyanov, Maria Pastukhova.
- How long is Soldiers Were Walking?
- Soldiers Were Walking has a runtime of 1h 21m (81 minutes).
- What genre is Soldiers Were Walking?
- Soldiers Were Walking is a Drama, War, History film.
- Where was Soldiers Were Walking produced?
- Soldiers Were Walking was produced in Soviet Union.