Men and Beasts

IMDb 6.0 1962 • 200 min • Drama

Director

Sergei Gerasimov

Country

XG

Plot Summary

The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.

Top Cast

Nikolay Eryomenko
Nikolay Eryomenko Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov
Tamara Makarova
Tamara Makarova Anna Andreyevna
Zhanna Bolotova
Zhanna Bolotova Tanya
Vitali Doronin
Vitali Doronin Pyotr Ivanovich Pavlov
Natalya Medvedeva
Natalya Medvedeva Valentina Sergeyevna