The Alive and the Dead

The Alive and the Dead

201 mins | Drama, War | June 6, 1963

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.

The Alive and the Dead

201 mins | Drama, War | June 6, 1963

The Alive and the Dead
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Живые и мертвые
Directors Aleksandr Stolper
Writers Konstantin Simonov, Aleksandr Stolper

Cast

Kirill Lavrov

as Ivan Sinzov

Oleg Efremov

as Ivanov

Anatoli Papanov

as General Serpilin

Oleg Tabakov

as Krutikov

Lyudmila Krylova

as Tanya Ovsyannikova

Boris Chirkov

as Biryukov

Yuriy Dubrovin

as Zolotaryov

Raisa Kurkina

as Baranova