The Russians Are Coming
1987, German. Directed by Heiner Carow.
It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Heiner CarowDirector
- Gert Krause-MelzerGünter
- Viktor PerevalovIgor
- Dorothea MeissnerChristine
- Norbert ChristianVater Bergschicker
- Karla RunkehlMutter Bergschicker
- Vsevolod SafonovGolubkow
- Rolf LudwigVater Walcher
- Katja ParylaMutter Walcher
- Hans Hardt-HardtloffPolizist
- Claus KüchenmeisterWilli
- Ulrich TeschnerBannführer
- Peter Bausedeutscher Soldat
Details
- Released
- 4 December 1987
- Original title
- Die Russen kommen
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Heiner Carow, Claus Küchenmeister
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Who directed The Russians Are Coming?
The Russians Are Coming (1987) was directed by Heiner Carow and stars Gert Krause-Melzer, Viktor Perevalov, Dorothea Meissner.