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In Reply to: Ballad posted by mishmashmusic on July 19, 2004 at 11:52:16:

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.

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Re: Ballad - mishmashmusic 12:15:15 07/19/04 (0)
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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