Escape from the Soviet Union: Female Military Doctor and Fake Madman (1958)

Original title

ソ連脱出 女軍医と偽狂人

Directed by

Morihei Magatani

Genre

drama, war

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 15m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a Siberian prisoner camp, a female military doctor and a man pretending to be insane find themselves torn between desire and loyalty to their homeland. The story follows their struggle for escape from the Soviet Union.

suspensefultensedramaticromanticdesperatecoldpatrioticgrim

What happens

『ソ連脱出 女軍医と偽狂人』（ソれんだっしゅつ おんなぐんいとにせきちがい）は、1958年（昭和33年）8月31日公開の新東宝製作の日本映画。監督は曲谷守平、主演は細川俊夫。モノクロ、75分。公開時のポスターに印刷された惹句は、「抱擁か逃亡か？鉄の砦シベリア捕虜収容所に燃える欲情と祖国愛！」「鉄条網に囲まれた禁欲の牢獄！素ッ裸のシベリア捕虜収容所！」。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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