The Russians Are Coming

Feb 2, 1968

1h 32m

★ 5.2

Overview

It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Günter

Gert Krause-Melzer

Igor

Viktor Perevalov

Christine

Dorothea Meissner

Vater Bergschicker

Norbert Christian

Mutter Bergschicker

Karla Runkehl

Golubkow

Vsevolod Safonov

Vater Walcher

Rolf Ludwig

Mutter Walcher

Katja Paryla

Polizist

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Willi

Claus Küchenmeister

Bannführer

Ulrich Teschner

deutscher Soldat

Peter Bause

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