Peace to Him Who Enters
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Aleksandr Alov
Viktor Avdyushko
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Stanislav Khitrov
Lidiya Shaporenko
V. Bokadoro
Film Details
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Synopsis
In the final days of World War II, Ivlev, a lieutenant newly graduated from officers' school, receives as his first assignment the task of escorting Barbara, a pregnant German woman, to a field hospital in the rear lines at Kvikau [Zwickau?]. He is accompanied by Yamshchikov, a mute, shell-shocked sergeant who has lost everything dear to him, and by Rukavitsyn, the group's good-hearted, undisciplined truckdriver. The four are forced to overcome mutual hostilities and join together to surmount obstacles of nature and war. Ivlev initially insists upon following military regulations to the letter, but he gains flexibility with experience. At one point they lose their way, and Barbara, frightened and hysterical, directs them toward remnants of German forces. Rukavitsyn is killed, and their truck is destroyed. Ivlev, in the heat of the moment, is tempted to shoot Barbara, but Yamshchikov prevents him from firing and teaches him a lesson in humanitarianism. Liberated concentration camp prisoners aid them, and finally they are picked up by an American soldier. With his help they reach the hospital; and, as news of peace arrives, Barbara's baby is born.
Cast
Viktor Avdyushko
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Stanislav Khitrov
Lidiya Shaporenko
V. Bokadoro
N. Grinko
Nikolay Timofeyev
I. Izvitskaya
A. Fayt
Viktor Koltsov
G. Nikitin
V. Zhilkin
S. Krylov
M. Logvinov
E. Knausmyuller
V. Marenkov
V. Makarov
G. Samokhina
A. Seryozhkin
Crew
Aleksandr Alov
N. Anikeyeva
L. Belova
Ye. Chernyayev
G. Gamburg
I. Gurman
Nikolay Karetnikov
T. Kasparova
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Vladimir Naumov
V. Sharun
Ye. Yevseyeva
Leonid Zorin
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Released in the U.S.S.R. in September 1961 as Mir vkhodyashchemu. Also known as Peace to Him.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Venice Film Festival.
Released in Soviet Union September 1961
Shown at the Venice Film Festival August 29, 1961.
b&w
dialogue Russian
meters 2451
Released in Soviet Union September 1961
