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A Quiet Day at the End of the War
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
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A QUIET DAY AT THE END OF THE WAR

Spokoynyy den v kontse voyny

Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Soviet Union, 1970
Drama, Short

Synopsis

Towards the end of the war a wounded soldier and a Kazakh girl take refuge in a church, where they find a number of valuable old paintings. Later the Germans arrive and start defacing the church, and the soldier decides he can’t simply look on.

Synopsis

Towards the end of the war a wounded soldier and a Kazakh girl take refuge in a church, where they find a number of valuable old paintings. Later the Germans arrive and start defacing the church, and the soldier decides he can’t simply look on.