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The Russians Are Coming

1987 · 1h 32m · Drama, War

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 as Günter
• Viktor Perevalov as Igor
• Dorothea Meissner as Christine
• Norbert Christian as Vater Bergschicker
• Karla Runkehl as Mutter Bergschicker
• Vsevolod Safonov as Golubkow
• Rolf Ludwig as Vater Walcher
• Katja Paryla as Mutter Walcher
• Hans Hardt-Hardtloff as Polizist
• Claus Küchenmeister as Willi
• Ulrich Teschner as Bannführer
• Peter Bause as deutscher Soldat

Details

Director

Heiner Carow

Released

December 4, 1987

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama, War

Studio

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.7 / 10 from 9 votes