Also People

13min

History

War

Based on an excerpt from the novel by L.N.Tolstoy "War and Peace." The war of 1812. The defeated Napoleonic army is retreating. Three Russian soldiers settled in a snowy forest near a fire: a young (Zaletayev), an elderly and a middle-aged one. Zaletayev fantasizes — as if he had captured Napoleon. The soldiers laugh good-naturedly at him. After dinner, they fall asleep... Two Frenchmen go to the clearing — an officer and a soldier. Russian soldiers wake up and, seeing that the officer is barely standing on his feet from cold and hunger, take him to the colonel. The French soldier sits down to the fire. The Russians give him porridge and vodka. The soldier, encouraged, sings a french song. Zaletayev echoes him. A tired Frenchman falls asleep on Zaletayev’s shoulder. The soldiers carefully shelter him. “Also people,” an elderly soldier says with a sigh.

Cast

Lev Durov

Lev Durov

Zaletayev
Manos Zacharias

Manos Zacharias

French Army Officer
Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Old Soldier
Yevgeni Kudryashov

Yevgeni Kudryashov

Middle-aged soldier
Vladimir Ferapontov

Vladimir Ferapontov

French Soldier
Georgi Millyar

Georgi Millyar

French Soldier

Release date

1st Jan 1959

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский