Peace to Him Who Enters
Peace to Him Who Enters is a 1961 Soviet war drama film written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. Set in World War II, it tells the story of three Soviet soldiers who try to rescue a trapped pregnant German woman by taking her on a dangerous drive to a hospital.
Plot
Lieutenant Ivlev from the Red Army who has just graduated from school, arrives for duty in Berlin a few days before the surrender of Germany in World War II. In the city destroyed by conflict, the soldiers find a pregnant woman, a German. The commanders of their division decide to help her get to the hospital. Lieutenant Ivlev is charged to accompany the pregnant German woman to the rear, giving him a chauffeur and a shell-shocked soldier, who also need to be sent to the hospital. Thus, senior officers want to save the new lieutenant from possible destruction in Berlin at the end of the war.
Awards
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| author | Leonid Zorin |
|---|---|
| award | Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival |
| director | Aleksandr Alov Vladimir Naumov |
| editor | Nadezhda Anikeyeva |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | end pregnant woman red army urinate world war ii |
| musicBy | Nikolai Karetnikov |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm USSR |
| theme | war |