First Squad (2009)

Original title

Первый отряд

Directed by

Yoshiharu Ashino, Misha Shprits, Aljosha Klimov

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Russia, Japan

Runtime

57 min

Rated

M

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a girl with psychic powers leads a group of dead teenage soldiers to fight against supernatural forces aligned with the Nazis. The film blends historical war drama with dark fantasy elements.

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What happens

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (Japanese: ファーストスクワッド Fāsuto sukuwaddo, Russian: Пе́рвый отря́д, romanized: Perviy otryad) is a Russian-Japanese animated film directed by Yoshiharu Ashino. The film is a joint animation project of Japan's Studio 4°C and Russia's Molot Entertainment. It won the Kommersant newspaper's prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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