Thirst | |
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Russian: Жажда | |
Directed by | Yevgeny Tashkov |
Written by | Grigori Pozhenyan |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Pyotr Todorovskiy [1] |
Edited by | T. Dokh |
Music by | Andrey Eshpay |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Thirst ( Russian: Жажда) is a 1959 [2] Soviet World War II film directed by Yevgeny Tashkov. [3]
The film takes place in Odessa, besieged by the Nazis. They captured the village with the water station and, as result, the residents of Odessa were left without water. A scout named Maria goes behind enemy lines hoping to contact the workers of the water station, but the company does not receive any messages from her and decides to send the sailor Bezborodko, who speaks German very well. The squad goes after him... [4]