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Rainbow (1943)

Rainbow poster
Original title
Радуга
Directed by
Mark Donskoy
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During World War Two, a Ukrainian village lives under German occupation. The story follows the villagers as they endure occupation, terror, and harsh conditions.

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What happens

Rainbow (Russian: «Радуга», romanized: Raduga), is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Mark Donskoy and written by Wanda Wasilewska based on her novel, Tęcza. The film depicts life in a German-occupied village in Ukraine from the viewpoint of the terrorized villagers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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