Hot Snow (film)
Hot Snow (Russian: Горячий снег, romanized: Goryachi Sneg) is a 1972 Soviet war film, directed by Gabriel Yegiazarov.
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| Directed by | Gabriel Yegiazarov |
| Produced by | Adolf Fradis |
| Written by | Yuri Bondarev |
| Screenplay by | Yuri Bondarev Evgeni Grigoriev Gabriel Yegiazarov |
| Starring | Yuri Nazarov Boris Tokarev Anatoly Kuznetsov Georgiy Zhzhonov |
| Music by | Alfred Schnittke |
| Cinematography | Fiodor Dobronravov |
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Release date | 18 December 1972 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
In December 1942, during the Second World War, the soldiers of a Red Army anti-tank gun battery face the onslaught of General von Manstein's armored divisions trying to relieve the besieged 6th Army in Stalingrad.[1] Eventually only seven of them survive, but German tank breakthrough is stopped, and in the final episode General Lieutenant Bessonov (Georgiy Zhzhonov) awards each of the survivors with the Order of Red Banner saying: "Thank you for tanks knocked out. That's all I can do...".
Production
The film is an adaptation of Yuri Bondarev's eponymous 1969 novel, which was itself based on Bondarev's own wartime experience as a battery commander in Stalingrad.[2]
Reception
Hot Snow was viewed by 22.9 million people, but failed to secure any nominations or awards.[3]
Select cast
- Yuri Nazarov as Sergeant Ukhanov
- Boris Tokarev as Lieutenant Kuznetsov
- Anatoly Kuznetsov as Vesnin
- Georgiy Zhzhonov as General Bessonov
- Vadim Spiridonov as Colonel Deev
- Igor Ledogorov as Osin, Colonel, Chief of Counterintelligence
- Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. as Drozdovsky
- Tamara Sedelnikova as Tanya (as T. Sedelnikova)
- Ara Babadzhanyan as Davlatyan (as A. Babadzhanyan)
- Aleksei Pankin as Chubarikov