Trial on The Road
– A Russian POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Nazis...
A Russian POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Nazis.
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Release Date:
01 Oct 1986
Language:
Russian, German
Director:
Aleksey German
Writer:
Yuri German (stories), Eduard Volodarskiy
Main Actors:
Rolan Bykov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Oleg Borisov
Plot:
Film is set in the winter of 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia in WWII. Partisan guerrillas, headed by Ivan Lokotkov, are testing the POW Lazarev, who briefly collaborated with the Nazis for survival. Lazarev is not executed, but instead he is given a chance to prove his loyalty. He has to go back to the Nazi controlled railway station, where everyone knows him, and to hijack a train with food supplies. Lazarev proves himself a hero.
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International Film Exchange (IFEX)
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