It Was in May (1970)

Original title

Был месяц май

Directed by

Marlen Khutsiev

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 49m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the weeks just after World War II ends, a group of Soviet soldiers and civilians try to find their footing in a landscape still marked by the recent conflict. The film focuses on their quiet interactions and the uneasy return to ordinary life.

reflectivesomberslow-burnpoignantrestrainedatmosphericcontemplativeaustere

What happens

It Was in May (Russian: Был месяц май, romanized: Byl mesyats may) is a 1970 Soviet war drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev that depicts first weeks after the war had ended. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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