Russia / Jul 07, 1962 / Moscow, premiere
3h 20min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Anastasiya Filippova | Stepanida Gavrilovna |
| Mikhail Gluzskiy | Klyachko |
| Vadim Zakharchenko | Savateyev |
| Tatyana Gavrilova | Mariya Nikolayevna |
| Sergei Gerasimov | Lvov-Shcherbatsky |
| Maria Rouvel | frau Wilde |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge | Siegfried |
| Peter Reusse | Otto |
| Werner Toelcke | Caesar |
| Stanislav Borodokin | Vovka |
| Valeri Malyshev | Gennadiy |
| Ivan Kuznetsov | uncle Nikolai |
| Konstantin Bartashevich | Kuznetsov |
| Maya Bulgakova | Galina |
| Manefa Sobolevskaya | homeowner |
| Viktor Filippov | traffic police inspector |
| Stanislav Mikhin | traffic police inspector |
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| Georgiy Sklyanskiy | truck driver |
| Georgi Shapovalov | drunk driver |
| Adolf Peter Hoffmann | herr Haslinger |
| Evelyn Cron | Brigitte |
| Lutz Köhlert | Wolfgang Walter |
| Ivan Malré | argentinean man |
| Hans Klering | official |
| Jürgen Frohriep | corporal (uncredited) |
| Erika Dunkelmann | frau Haslinger (uncredited) |
| Fredy Barten | cook (uncredited) |
| Karla Assmus | Annemarie (uncredited) |
| Renate Melon | Karin (uncredited) |
| Valentina Vladimirova | Varvara Andreyevna's guest (uncredited) |
| Vladimir Solovyov | division commissar (uncredited) |
| Natalya Zorina | Subbotin's guest (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Люди и звери |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | East Germany, Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gorky Film Studios, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme |
| Release date | 2 novembre 1962 |
| Writer | Tamara Makarova, Sergei Gerasimov |
| Editing | Lidiya Zhuchkova, Monika Behrendt |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Rapoport, Lev Rogozin |
| Assistant directors | Sergei Gerasimov |
| Camera operators | Lev Rogozin, Vladimir Rapoport |
| Additional photography | Vladimir Rapoport, Lev Rogozin |
| Production design | Paul Lehmann, Boris Dulenkov, Boris Kuzovkin, Vadim Kornilyev |
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| Art direction | Paul Lehmann, Boris Dulenkov, Boris Kuzovkin, Vadim Kornilyev |
| Set decoration | Paul Lehmann, Boris Dulenkov, Boris Kuzovkin, Vadim Kornilyev |
| Special effects | Konstantin Alekseyev |
| Music | Pavel Chekalov, Aram Khachaturyan, Valentin Khlobynin, Werner Blaß, Emin Khachaturyan |
| Sound | Pavel Chekalov, Valentin Khlobynin, Aram Khachaturyan, Werner Blaß, Emin Khachaturyan |
| Costume design | Mariam Bykhovskaya, Joachim Dittrich, Aleksei Smirnov, Lothar Stäglich, Anatoliy Ivanov |
| Makeup | Aleksei Smirnov, Lothar Stäglich, Anatoliy Ivanov, Mariam Bykhovskaya, Joachim Dittrich |
| Hairstyling | Mariam Bykhovskaya, Aleksei Smirnov, Lothar Stäglich, Joachim Dittrich, Anatoliy Ivanov |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Germany / Nov 02, 1962 / East Germany
TV
Germany / Sep 13, 1964 / West Germany
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