The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.
| Title | Men and Beasts |
|---|---|
| Year | 1962 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | East Germany, Soviet Union |
| Studio | Gorky Film Studios, DEFA |
| Cast | Nikolay Eryomenko, Tamara Makarova, Zhanna Bolotova, Vitali Doronin, Natalya Medvedeva, Sergey Nikonenko |
| Crew | Sergei Gerasimov (Director), Tamara Makarova (Story), Sergei Gerasimov (Writer), Aram Khachaturyan (Original Music Composer), Vladimir Rapoport (Director of Photography), Boris Dulenkov (Production Design) |
| Keyword | corruption, capitalism, germany, concentration camp, prisoner of war, soviet union, concentration camp prisoner, road trip, argentina, car accident, buchenwald, nazism, red army, 1940s, mother daughter relationship |
| Release | Nov 02, 1962 |
| Runtime | 200 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 5.60 / 10 by 9 users |
| Popularity | 1 |
| Budget | 0 |
| Revenue | 0 |
| Language | Pусский |
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