Officers (1971)

Original title

Офицеры

Directed by

Vladimir Rogovoy

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

0+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the friendship between two soldiers, Aleksey Trofimov and Ivan Varavva, across several decades and wars including the Russian Civil War and World War II. They reunite as generals in peacetime and reflect on their shared past.

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What happens

Officers (Russian: Офицеры, romanized: Ofitsery) is a Soviet drama film, shot at the Gorky Film Studio (Central Film Studio for Children named after Maxim Gorky) in 1971 by director Vladimir Rogovoy. The premiere of the movie took place in the Soviet Union July 26, 1971. At the box office the film attracted about 53.4 million viewers. The film depicts the decades-long friendship between two soldiers, Aleksey Trofimov and Ivan Varavva, over the course of multiple conflicts, including the Russian Civil War, the Chinese Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, and the Great Patriotic War. In the peace that follows, they meet again, as generals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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