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Wartime Romance (1983)

Wartime Romance poster
Original title
Военно-полевой роман
Directed by
Pyotr Todorovsky
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soldier and a nurse are separated by World War II. They meet again briefly in 1950.

melancholicbittersweetrestrainedtendernostalgicslow-burngroundedyearning

What happens

Wartime Romance (Russian: «Военно-полевой роман», romanized: Voenno-polevoy roman, Ukrainian: «Віськово-польовий роман») is a 1984 Soviet film written and directed by Pyotr Todorovsky. It had its premiere at the 34th Berlin Film Festival in February 1984. It tells the story of a soldier and a nurse separated by World War II and briefly reunited in 1950. The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, being the last Soviet film to be nominated for this award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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