1968 · drama · war
Two Comrades Were Serving
Directed by Yevgeni Karelov1h 39m1968
Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, and the Red Army is planning the final assault. The first story line of the movie follows two Red Army soldiers: unlikely friends Nekrasov and Karyakin. The second story line is about a White Guard officer Brusentsov who is devoted to Russia and his cause but sees it being destroyed day by day.
Our read: Two Comrades Were Serving (1968) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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