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Bondarchuk. Battle

The new film about Sergei Bondarchuk is not a traditional description of the life of a famous director and not a biopic timed to coincide with a round date. The creators of the film focus on a unique period in the history of world cinema - the post-war "thaw" euphoria and the time of great hopes, the key character of which was the author of "War and Peace". What was this man and cinematographer who shot both chamber dramas and megalomaniac battle projects? And how did he, the winner of many USSR awards, manage to become a figure of world significance and a link between the two superpowers during the Cold War era?

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  • Sergey Bondarchuk

    Sergey Bondarchuk

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  • Christopher Plummer

    Christopher Plummer

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  • Nikita Mikhalkov

    Nikita Mikhalkov

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  • Fyodor Bondarchuk

    Fyodor Bondarchuk

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  • Anastasiya Vertinskaya

    Anastasiya Vertinskaya

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  • Katharina Kubrick

    Katharina Kubrick

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  • Martha De Laurentiis

    Martha De Laurentiis

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  • Ludmila Savelyeva

    Ludmila Savelyeva

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  • Tom Harper

    Tom Harper

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Overview

The new film about Sergei Bondarchuk is not a traditional description of the life of a famous director and not a biopic timed to coincide with a round date. The creators of the film focus on a unique period in the history of world cinema - the post-war "thaw" euphoria and the time of great hopes, the key character of which was the author of "War and Peace". What was this man and cinematographer who shot both chamber dramas and megalomaniac battle projects? And how did he, the winner of many USSR awards, manage to become a figure of world significance and a link between the two superpowers during the Cold War era?

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