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The Russians Are Coming

Film19681h 32mReleased

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Director
Heiner Carow
Language
German
Released
1968-02-02
Runtime
1h 32m

Community score

5.79 votes on TMDB

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6.4

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The story

It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.

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Cast

  • Gert Krause-Melzer — artwork unavailable
    Gert Krause-MelzerGünter
  • Viktor Perevalov
    Viktor PerevalovIgor
  • Dorothea Meissner — artwork unavailable
    Dorothea MeissnerChristine
  • Norbert Christian
    Norbert ChristianVater Bergschicker
  • Karla Runkehl
    Karla RunkehlMutter Bergschicker
  • Vsevolod Safonov
    Vsevolod SafonovGolubkow
  • Rolf Ludwig
    Rolf LudwigVater Walcher
  • Katja Paryla
    Katja ParylaMutter Walcher
  • Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
    Hans Hardt-HardtloffPolizist
  • Claus Küchenmeister — artwork unavailable
    Claus KüchenmeisterWilli