''Also People'' (russian: Тоже люди) is a 1959 Soviet

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by

Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya ( ka, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya ( ka, გ� ...

. based on scene of

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

by Leo Tolstoi.

Plot

The film takes place during the war of 1812, when Napoleon's army is defeated and retreats. In the center of the plot are three Russian soldiers who are stationed in the forest. Zaletaev brags that he "took Poleon twice prisoner". Senior soldiers laugh and go to bed. Suddenly, two cold, hungry, barefoot French soldiers come out from behind the bushes, straying from their unit. One of them falls in exhaustion. Russians carried him to the Colonel. Then they treat the second Frenchman porridge and poured him vodka. Warmed up, half-asleep Frenchman humming a song, Zaletaev echoes him. A French soldier falls asleep in his lap. "Also people!" an old soldier exclaims.

Cast

Lev Durov Lev Konstantinovich Durov ( rus, Лев Константинович Дуров, p=ˈlʲef kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ˈdurəf; 23 December 1931 – 20 August 2015) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 200 ...

as Zaletayev, young soldier * Yevgeni Kudryashov as middleaged soldier * Vsevolod Sanaev as old soldier *

Manos Zacharias Manos Zacharias (Greek language, Greek: Μάνος Ζαχαρίαςc; born 9 July 1922) is a Greek film director and actor who was active in Greek and Cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet cinematography. Life and career Zacharias was born on 9 J ...

as French officer * Vladimir Ferapontov as French officerТоже люди (1959) Full Cast & Crew
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References

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* 1959 films 1950s Soviet films 1950s Russian-language films Soviet short films Soviet historical films 1959 short films 1950s historical films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub