The Third Flare (1963)

Original title

Третья ракета

Directed by

Richard Viktorov

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small group of Soviet soldiers are pinned down by German fire in a World War II battle. The film follows their desperate fight for survival in a single trench over the course of one day.

tensebleakslow-burnsomberharrowinggroundedclaustrophobic

What happens

The Third Flare (Russian: Третья ракета) is a 1963 Soviet World War II film directed by Richard Viktorov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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