Aleksey GERMAN Алексей ГЕРМАН Alekseï GUERMAN   USSR, 1971, 97 mn  Black and white, fiction

Trial of the Road / Been proven on the roads ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Проверка на дорогах    La Vérification  Provyerka na dorogakh

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Plot synopsis

Based on war stories by Yuri German. Alexander Lazarev, a former Red Army sergeant, finds himself in a German camp for prisoners of war. Lacking spirit, he agrees to collaborate with the Nazis. Later, regretting his cowardice, he joins a partisan detachment. There is a strong disagreement between the commander and the commissar of the detachment over Lazarev. Finally, the commander insists on giving Lazarev a chance: they will put him through the test in a reconnaissance operation scouting out the area roads.
The film was awarded the State Premium of the USSR (1988).

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2013

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2013

- Seattle International Film Festival : SIFF, Seattle (USA), 2012

- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2011

- Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival, Estoril (Portugal), 2011

- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2010

- Saint Petersburg International Cine-Forum, St Petersburg (Russia), 2010

- Festival "All our German", Moscow (Russia), 2010

- Pessac International History Film Festival, Pessac (France), 2009

- Rencontres cinématographiques de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint Denis (France), 2008

- Paris Russian Film Festival, Paris (France), 2008

- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2005

- Nantes Russian Film Festival ''Univerciné'', Nantes (France), 2001

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