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Twenty Days Without War

Twenty Days Without War

19766.51h 41m

Overview

War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.

Directed by Aleksei German
Written by Konstantin Simonov
Produced by Feliks Eskin
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Top Cast

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin

Lyudmila Gurchenko

Lyudmila Gurchenko

Nina

Aleksey Petrenko

Aleksey Petrenko

Yuri Stroganov

Angelina Stepanova

Angelina Stepanova

Zinaida Antonovna, artistic director of the theater

Mikhail Kononov

Mikhail Kononov

Pasha Rubtsov

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Rubtsova

Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Vyacheslav

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Xenia Sergeevna, former wife of Lopatin

Liya Akhedzhakova

Liya Akhedzhakova

Woman with clocks

Lyudmila Zaytseva

Lyudmila Zaytseva

Lidiya, actress playing a female sniper

Themes & Keywords

world war iisoviet militarysoldier on leavelife during wartime

About Twenty Days Without War

Twenty Days Without War is a war, drama film released in 1976 exploring themes of world war ii, soviet military, soldier on leave, life during wartime. Directed by Aleksei German, it stars Yuriy Nikulin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Aleksey Petrenko. War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.

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