Released
The Alive and the Dead
June 6 1963 (over 61 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Aleksandr Stolper
- Genres: War, Drama
- Runtime: 3 h 21 m
- Country: Soviet Union
- Company: Mosfilm
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.