Development of the russian atomic bomb, and as dellutional everything might feel and look in russian 2nd world warfare tactics, the build up of this film are just the same, secretesse by all means, and do all the opposite things that everyone wouldnt do.
so if it hadnt been for the courage and human sacrifice done by the railworkers and partisan women that built and maintained the lifeline to leningrad on rails then history wouldve take another turn, at least for the russians.
this film is made as a propagandistic heave to boost russian patriotism of today, and that every task and deeds that were done in the great war have made it possible to be a proud russian even today. and these sequences are hard to swallow for a ola nordmann who lives in a multyparty democratic system that doesnt feed the guns with human bravery and shown through history, with lies to save the -''ism's'', and damages a rather special story and well made film.
because the technical production are superb, some weak grenade hits and booms but for the rest pretty intense and seeworthy.
because this film shows human sacrification at its best, and actors that do work at the shoots, and its very well drafted and acted even on a western standard. so if you wanna see a russian wardrama with some punch of helplessness and doomed to loose the battle then watch convoi 48, the grumpy old man did and recommends
