''Two Soldiers'' or ''Two Warriors'' (russian: Два бойца, ''Dva boitsa'') is a 1943

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

made in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

(where the Soviet cinema industry had been evacuated) at the height of the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sou ...

. The film stars Boris Andreyev and

Mark Bernes Mark Naumovich Bernes (russian: link=no, Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (,This date: – is a mistake found in the '' Great Soviet Encyclopaedia''. True date: – was engraved on the Bernes's gravestone at Novodevichy Cemeter ...

as two war buddies. The "beautiful" film was directed by

Leonid Lukov Leonid Davydovich Lukov (russian: Леонид Давидович Луков; 2 May 1909 – 24 April 1963) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1930 and 1963. Leonid Lukov was named People's Artist of the ...

. The movie features two of

Nikita Bogoslovsky Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (russian: Ники́та Влади́мирович Богосло́вский; 22 May 1913 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 4 April 2004 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more t ...

's most famous songs, '' Dark Is the Night'' and '' Boatfuls of Mullet''. Both were performed by Mark Bernes. His warm and sincere delivery of ''Dark Is the Night'' won the sympathy of millions of Soviet people, catapulting Bernes into enduring fame.Tatiana Egorova. ''Soviet Film Music''. Routledge, 1997. . Page 79.

Cast

as Arkady * Boris Andreyev as Sasha * Vera Shershnyova as Tanya * Yanina Zheymo as Nurse (as Ya. Zhejmo) *

Maksim Shtraukh Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh (russian: Макси́м Макси́мович Штра́ух; 1900–1974) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965, Lenin Prize and Stalin Prize betwee ...

as Professor (as M. Shtraukh) * Ivan Kuznetsov as Galanin (as I. Kuznetsov) *

Stepan Krylov Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: The ...

as Maj. Rudoy (as S. Krylov) * Lavrenti Masokha as Okulita (as L. Masokha)

References

External links

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Pravda review
by

Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin ( rus, Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, p=ˈfsʲevələt ɪlərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn; 16 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwrite ...

1940s buddy films 1940s war films 1943 films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet war films 1940s Russian-language films Eastern Front of World War II films Films set in 1941 Films set in 1942 Films set in Saint Petersburg Films shot in Uzbekistan Soviet World War II films {{WWII-film-stub