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Anna's War (2018)

Anna's War poster
Original title
Война Анны
Directed by
Aleksei Fedorchenko
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
N-13
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Jewish girl named Anna hides alone in the chimney of a Nazi headquarters during World War II. She must survive for months in total silence and darkness, relying on scraps of food and her own will to live.

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What happens

Anna's War (Russian: Война Анны, romanized: Voyna Anny) is a 2018 Russian drama film directed by Aleksey Fedorchenko. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2018. On 25 January 2019 the film won the Russian Golden Eagle Award in the Best Film category. Fedorchenko won the award for Best Director. The plot was based on the short story Ghost by Dmitri Khotckevich, a true story of his neighbor pani Ada (missis Ada), which he published earlier at livejournal under the nick storyofgrubas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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