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Men and Beasts (1962) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 2, 1962

Original Title:
Люди и звери

Alternate Titles:
Hommes et Bêtes
Le Rescapé
Lidé a zvířata
Ludzie i bestie
Lyudi i zveri
Menschen und Tiere
Oameni şi fiare
Uomini e bestie
Люди і звірі
Մարդիկ և գազաններ

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
DEFA
Gorky Film Studios

Production Countries:
East Germany | Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 200

Overview from TheMovieDB

The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

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Production

Assistant Director of Photography:
Vadim Kornilyev

Assistant Editor:
Monika Behrendt

Assistant Production Design:
Boris Kuzovkin

Camera Operator:
Lev Rogozin

Conductor:
Emin Khachaturyan

Costume Design:
Mariam Bykhovskaya
Joachim Dittrich

Director:
Sergei Gerasimov

Director of Photography:
Vladimir Rapoport

Editor:
Lidiya Zhuchkova

Makeup Artist:
Aleksei Smirnov
Lothar Stäglich
Anatoliy Ivanov

Original Music Composer:
Pavel Chekalov
Aram Khachaturyan

Production Design:
Paul Lehmann
Boris Dulenkov

Sound:
Valentin Khlobynin
Werner Blaß

Special Effects:
Konstantin Alekseyev

Story:
Tamara Makarova

Writer:
Sergei Gerasimov

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