

There Was the War
2010, Korean. Directed by Aleksey Feoktistov.
June 1941. Two young village boys are taken by surprise by the outbreak of war. One of them receives a summons to the draft board, although he is not at all eager to go to the front. Another boy, an ardent Komsomol member goes to the militia voluntarily. Accelerated military courses, broken first love - and a platoon of militia with our friends find themselves on the edge of the impending German armada ... The test by fire will show who is who ...
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- 2h 9m
- Post-credits
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- Korean
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- Released
- 21 February 2010
- Original title
- И была война
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There Was the War runs 129 minutes (2h 9m).
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There Was the War isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 February 2010. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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If you liked There Was the War, try The War Below, The One That Got Away, Men in War.
Who directed There Was the War?
There Was the War (2010) was directed by Aleksey Feoktistov and stars Aleksey Panin, Aleksei Buldakov, Boris Klyuyev.