Men and Beasts
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The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.
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Nikolay Eryomenko
Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
The Waiting Room
Tamara Makarova
Anna Andreyevna
Also in
The Youth of Peter
Stone Flower
Zhanna Bolotova
Tanya
Known for
Wings
Vitali Doronin
Pyotr Ivanovich Pavlov
Also in
The Miners of Donetsk
The Road
Natalya Medvedeva
Valentina Sergeyevna
Also in
Ilya Muromets
Behind Show Windows
Sergey Nikonenko
Yuri Pavlov
Known for
What Men Talk About
Ten Winters
Olesya Ivanova
Varvara Andreyevna
Also in
Office Romance
Glorious Path
Anastasiya Filippova
Stepanida Gavrilovna
Also in
Quiet Flows the Don
Your Son and Brother
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Klyachko
Known for
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Hard to Be a God
Vadim Zakharchenko
Savateyev
Known for
Viy
Little Vera
Tatyana Gavrilova
Mariya Nikolayevna
Known for
Beware of the Car!
The Red Snowball Tree
Sergei Gerasimov
Lvov-Shcherbatsky
Also in
Lev Tolstoy
The Club of the Big Deed
Sergei Gerasimov Director · Tamara Makarova Story Aram Khachaturyan Composer
Director Writer
Sergei Gerasimov
Story
Tamara Makarova
Composer
Aram Khachaturyan
Composer
Pavel Chekalov
Cinematographer
Vladimir Rapoport
Editor
Lidiya Zhuchkova
Production designer
Paul Lehmann
Production designer
Boris Dulenkov
Costume designer
Joachim Dittrich
Costume designer
Mariam Bykhovskaya
First release July 7, 1962 · Produced in XG, Russia, Germany, Russia · Production DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, DEFA
Production
Gorky Film Studios
Production · Studio
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Russia · Germany · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Люди и звери
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 7, 1962
Premiere · Moscow, premiere
Germany · November 2, 1962
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 13, 1964 · TV · West Germany
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