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Men and Beasts
Men and Beasts

Men and Beasts

Genres

Drama

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The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

200 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

02 November 1962

Country

East Germany

Cast

Nikolay Eryomenko

Nikolay Eryomenko

Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov

Tamara Makarova

Tamara Makarova

Anna Andreyevna

Zhanna Bolotova

Zhanna Bolotova

Tanya

Vitali Doronin

Vitali Doronin

Pyotr Ivanovich Pavlov

Natalya Medvedeva

Natalya Medvedeva

Valentina Sergeyevna

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergey Nikonenko

Yuri Pavlov

Olesya Ivanova

Olesya Ivanova

Varvara Andreyevna

Anastasiya Filippova

Anastasiya Filippova

Stepanida Gavrilovna

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Klyachko

Vadim Zakharchenko

Vadim Zakharchenko

Savateyev

Tatyana Gavrilova

Tatyana Gavrilova

Mariya Nikolayevna

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov

Lvov-Shcherbatsky

Maria Rouvel

Maria Rouvel

frau Wilde

Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge

Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge

Siegfried

Peter Reusse

Peter Reusse

Otto

Werner Toelcke

Werner Toelcke

Caesar

Stanislav Borodokin

Stanislav Borodokin

Vovka

Valeri Malyshev

Valeri Malyshev

Gennadiy

Ivan Kuznetsov

Ivan Kuznetsov

uncle Nikolai

Konstantin Bartashevich

Konstantin Bartashevich

Kuznetsov

Maya Bulgakova

Maya Bulgakova

Galina

Manefa Sobolevskaya

Manefa Sobolevskaya

homeowner

Viktor Filippov

Viktor Filippov

traffic police inspector

Stanislav Mikhin

Stanislav Mikhin

traffic police inspector

Georgiy Sklyanskiy

Georgiy Sklyanskiy

truck driver

Georgi Shapovalov

Georgi Shapovalov

drunk driver

Adolf Peter Hoffmann

Adolf Peter Hoffmann

herr Haslinger

Evelyn Cron

Evelyn Cron

Brigitte

Lutz Köhlert

Lutz Köhlert

Wolfgang Walter

Ivan Malré

Ivan Malré

argentinean man

Hans Klering

Hans Klering

official

Jürgen Frohriep

Jürgen Frohriep

corporal (uncredited)

Erika Dunkelmann

Erika Dunkelmann

frau Haslinger (uncredited)

Fredy Barten

Fredy Barten

cook (uncredited)

Karla Assmus

Karla Assmus

Annemarie (uncredited)

Renate Melon

Renate Melon

Karin (uncredited)

Valentina Vladimirova

Valentina Vladimirova

Varvara Andreyevna's guest (uncredited)

Vladimir Solovyov

Vladimir Solovyov

division commissar (uncredited)

Natalya Zorina

Natalya Zorina

Subbotin's guest (uncredited)

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