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Pravednik (2023)

Pravednik poster
Original title
Праведник
Directed by
Sergei Ursuliak
Genre
drama film, war film, historical drama
Country
Israel, Belarus, Russia
Runtime
2h 43m
Rated
16
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet partisan officer leads a group of over 200 Jews on a dangerous escape from Nazis during World War II. The film follows their harrowing journey to safety.

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What happens

Pravednik or Tzadik in English (Russian: Праведник, romanized: Pravednik, known as The Righteous in English) is a 2023 Russian World War II film directed by Sergei Ursuliak. The historical drama film is based on the real story of the Soviet partisan officer the Avenger detachment, Nikolai Kiselev (played by Aleksandr Yatsenko), who saved over 200 Jews from the Nazis in World War II. This film was theatrically released on February 16, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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