A Span of Land

December. 21,1964

Rating：

7.1

Genre：

Drama War

Keywords：

World War Ii Black And White Soviet Union

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...

Aleksandr Zbruev as Aleksandr Motovilov

Evgeniy Urbanskiy as Alexei Babin

Sergei Kurilov as Bryl

Mikhail Vorontsov as Afanasy Makletsov

Aleksandr Titov as Shumilin

Anatoly Golik as Mezentsev

Leonid Chubarov as Sinyukov

Aleksey Zaytsev as Kokhanyuk

Lev Durov as Sergeant

Yuri Volyntsev as Captain Yatsenko

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Reviews

Dotsthavesp

1964/12/21

I wanted to but couldn't!

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Usamah Harvey

1964/12/22

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Rosie Searle

1964/12/23

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Hattie

1964/12/24

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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