Soviet cinema in town
View(s):‘The Dawns here are Quiet’, a 1972 Soviet film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev’s novel of the same name will be screened at 3 pm on May 12 at the Russian Centre Auditorium.
The film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal Vaskov is stationed with a group of many young women in training. One of the women while sneaking from camp to visit her young son sees two German paratroopers. Vaskov takes five of the women to stop the two paratroopers, but finds sixteen paratroopers instead, leaving the small group of patriots to engage the enemy in an unequal fight.
The film which starred Yelena Drapeko, Yekaterina Markova and Olga Ostroumova was nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in 1972.
Presented by the Russian Club of the Russian Centre, the entrance for the film is Rs. 100.
Follow @timesonlinelk
comments powered by Disqus