Peace to Him Who Enters
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- Runtime
- 90 mins
The time is World War II. Lidiya Shaporenko plays a pregnant German woman, trapped behind Russian lines. When the woman goes into labor, three loyal Soviets deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned. The winner of a special gold medal at the Venice Film Festival, Peace to Him Who Enters was originally released in the USSR in 1961 under the title Mir Vkhodyashchemu.
The time is World War II. Lidiya Shaporenko plays a pregnant German woman, trapped behind Russian lines. When the woman goes into labor, three loyal Soviets deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned. The winner of a special gold medal at the Venice Film Festival, Peace to Him Who Enters was originally released in the USSR in 1961 under the title Mir Vkhodyashchemu.
Cast
- Aleksandr Demyanenko
- Viktor Avdyushko
- Ivan Ryzhov
- Stanislav Khitrov
- Lidiya Shaporenko
- Nikolay Grinko
- Nikolai Timofeyev
- Izolda Izvitskaya
- Viktor Koltsov
- Andrey Fayt
- Stepan Krylov
- Ervin Knausmyuller
- Vladimir Marenkov
- Vasili Makarov
- Galina Samokhina
- Igor Nishchensky
Director
- Vladimir Naumov
- Aleksandr Alov
