Hot Snow | |
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Directed by | Gabriel Yegiazarov |
Written by | Yuri Bondarev |
Screenplay by | Yuri Bondarev Evgeni Grigoriev Gabriel Yegiazarov |
Produced by | Adolf Fradis |
Starring |
Yuri Nazarov Boris Tokarev Anatoly Kuznetsov Georgiy Zhzhonov |
Cinematography | Fiodor Dobronravov |
Music by | Alfred Schnittke |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Hot Snow ( Russian: Горячий снег, romanized: Goryachi Sneg) is a 1972 Soviet war film, directed by Gabriel Yegiazarov.
In December 1942, during the Second World War, the soldiers of a Red Army anti-tank gun battery face the onslaught of General von Manstein's armored divisions trying to relieve the besieged 6th Army in Stalingrad. [1] Eventually only seven of them survive, but the German tank breakthrough is stopped, and in the final episode General Lieutenant Bessonov ( Georgiy Zhzhonov) awards each of the survivors with the Order of Red Banner saying: "Thank you for tanks knocked out. That's all I can do...".
The film is an adaptation of Yuri Bondarev's eponymous 1969 novel, which was itself based on Bondarev's own wartime experience as a battery commander in Stalingrad. [2]
In 2013, it was restored by Mosfilm. [3]
Hot Snow was viewed by 22.9 million people, but failed to secure any nominations or awards. [4]