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The Murderers are Coming (1942)

The Murderers are Coming poster
Original title
Убийцы выходят на дорогу
Directed by
Yuri Tarich, Vsevolod Pudovkin
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Nazi occupation of Europe, ordinary people face the brutality and terror of the regime. The film shows their fear and the small acts of resistance that emerge.

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What happens

The Murderers are Coming (Russian: Убийцы выходят на дорогу, romanized: Ubiytsi vikhodyat na dorogu) is a 1942 Soviet war film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Yuri Tarich based on the 1938 play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht. The film was not allowed to be screened by Soviet censors, with a number of reasons suggested as to why. This was Sofya Magarill's last film performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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