Blindage
Based on Vasil Bykov's unfinished novella of the same name. July 1941. A retreating military unit prepares to engage the Germans. There's complete chaos all around. The population of the Belarusian village of Lyubashi is partly fleeing with the troops, partly fleeing into the forest. The advancing Germans are also nearby. The battle rages, a continuous roar and the sound of exploding shells... And suddenly, all is quiet. The front has retreated further east.
Cast: Irina Rakhmanova, Igor Khripunov, Aleksei Shevchenkov
Season 1
4 episodes
- 1. Episode 1July 1941. A shell hits Serafima's house. Serafima buries the dead and finds the wounded Captain Khlebnikov. She hides him in a dugout. Later, a German deserter named Holtz joins them.CCJun 21, 2014
- 2. Episode 2The village is under occupation. The Jews are herded into the stables. Demidovich, a district committee member, comes to Serafima, and she takes him to the dugout. Serafima visits the family of Nokhim, a local photographer, in the ghetto. The dugout's residents attempt to free the ghetto prisoners, but the Jews refuse to follow them.CCJun 21, 2014
- 3. Episode 3A thief, Serafima's former fiancé, appears. He feeds Serafima, but works for the Germans. They are executed in the ghetto. Serafima saves Nokhim's little daughter.CCJun 21, 2014
- 4. Episode 4The police arrest Serafima and Demidovich. The partisans reach the dugout. Serafima and Khlebnikov escape by swimming across the river, but Serafima is killed by the Germans.CCJun 21, 2014
Blindage
Based on Vasil Bykov's unfinished novella of the same name. July 1941. A retreating military unit prepares to engage the Germans. There's complete chaos all around. The population of the Belarusian village of Lyubashi is partly fleeing with the troops, partly fleeing into the forest. The advancing Germans are also nearby. The battle rages, a continuous roar and the sound of exploding shells... And suddenly, all is quiet. The front has retreated further east.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Alexander Gornovsky
- Created by
- Alexander Gornovsky
- Cast
- Irina Rakhmanova, Igor Khripunov, Aleksei Shevchenkov, Yevgeni Knyazev, Evgeniy Atarik, Sergey Ugryumov
- Studio
- Favorit Film
