Black Rusks
1972, German. Directed by Herbert Rappaport.
The November Revolution of 1918 in Germany, famine and social upheaval evoke a response from the young Soviet government in Russia. To provide food assistance, trains with bread are being formed. One of them, on the personal instructions of V.I. Lenin is accompanied by the young revolutionary Tatyana . On the way, she meets a former German prisoner of war, Kurt . A romantic relationship arises between them. The train with bread, despite all the difficulties, was delivered. In a clash with a detachment of counter-revolutionary German troops, Tatyana was wounded. She returns to Moscow, and Kurt goes to Berlin to continue the revolutionary struggle.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 15 March 1972
- Original title
- Schwarzer Zwieback
- Country
- East Germany, Soviet Union
- Written by
- Edith Gorrish, Mikhail Bleiman
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Black Rusks (1972) was directed by Herbert Rappaport and stars Natalya Varley, Rüdiger Joswig, Nikolai Merzlikin.