Mama, I'm Alive.
In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII change into Red Army uniforms. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although theygo to the frontlines, theirnew Russian comrades are initially unsure whether to trust them. Three of them then accept a missionbehind German l...
| Uniform Title: | Kanopy films.
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| Language: | German |
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In English |
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[place of publication not identified] :
DEFA Film Library,
1976.
1976. |
| Series: | Kanopy films.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Summary: |
In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII change into Red Army uniforms. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although theygo to the frontlines, theirnew Russian comrades are initially unsure whether to trust them. Three of them then accept a missionbehind German lines, but they are unprepared tofire upon their countrymen and it ends up costing the life of a Russian soldier. In the meantime, the fourth man has fallen in love with Russian radio operator Svetlana. After being criticized by the other Russians, he too agrees to participate in the mission...This film, which centers on the difficult moral questions raised in wartime,draws on director Konrad Wolf's experiences as a propaganda officer with the Red Army in Germany at the end of WWII. Wolf saw this film-which was inspired by the 1934 Russian war film Chapaev and featured actor Donatas Banionis (Solaris, Goya, Beethoven - Days of a Life, Solaris)-as a consolidation and continuation of what he wanted to express in his 1967 film I Was Nineteen. |
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| Note: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Participant or Performer: |
Detlef Giess, Donatas Banionis, Eberhard Kirchberg, Peter Prager, Uwe Zerbe |