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In Reply to: All three are definitely worth having posted by Victor Khomenko on July 19, 2004 at 06:02:58:
I was actually impressed that the propaganda was not so heavy-handed. It definitely felt more Russian than Soviet in nature---like the picture of "Mother Russia" running through the fields to welcome her son home.
Also, the idea of Red Army officers bending the rules for their hero was also an interesting take---a very human picture of the Russian people which was missing from the Soviet image being projected during that era.
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Well, people are people everywhere, both good ones and bad. The theme of a good understanding commander, a smiling fatherly figure, is one of the common ones in the Soviet war films. Generally of course such films would tend to portray ALL Russian soldiers as kind folks defending their land, so you would not see many bad ones there.You would not see there the story akin to Paths of Glory, or Breaker Morand.
I just thought it was curious to show officers bending the rules, even for a good cause. Of course, there was the military sentry who took Alyosha's canned beef as a bribe, and he got his just punishment---so it evens out in the wash.Of course, I should not expect to see the NKVD shooting soldiers in retreat, or anything of that sort ;-)
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