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Men and Beasts (1962)

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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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Nikolay EryomenkoNikolay EryomenkoAleksei Ivanovich Pavlov
  • Photo of Tamara MakarovaTamara MakarovaAnna Andreyevna
  • Photo of Zhanna BolotovaZhanna BolotovaTanya
  • Photo of Vitali DoroninVitali DoroninPyotr Ivanovich Pavlov
  • Photo of Natalya MedvedevaNatalya MedvedevaValentina Sergeyevna
  • Photo of Sergey NikonenkoSergey NikonenkoYuri Pavlov
  • Photo of Olesya IvanovaOlesya IvanovaVarvara Andreyevna
  • Photo of Anastasiya FilippovaAnastasiya FilippovaStepanida Gavrilovna
  • Photo of Mikhail GluzskiyMikhail GluzskiyKlyachko
  • Photo of Vadim ZakharchenkoVadim ZakharchenkoSavateyev

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