Soldiers Were Walking
Шли солдаты
Synopsis
October 1917. Russian and German soldiers, exhausted by three years of war, began to fraternize. But officers' bullets shot the fraternizers. The survivors - Ilya, Matvey, nurse Olga and German soldier Jakob - swore in front of the fallen soldiers to reach St. Petersburg and achieve peace for all.
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Sergei Bondarchuk
Matvey Krylov - soldat
Andrei Petrov
Ilya Sorokin - soldat
Erast Garin
Jakob Hoffmann - nemetskiy soldat
Elza Lezhdey
Olga Kartseva - medsestra
Mikhail Ulyanov
Yegor Mikhaylov- soldat
Maria Pastukhova
Nadezhda Krylskaya
Tatyana Doronina
Khrista
Vladimir Belokurov
General
Oleg Efremov
Senyka Radunskiy - dezertir i spekyulant
Konstantin Adashevsky
City mayor
Aleksandr Gumburg
Cossack
Nina Belyayeva
Drunk woman
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Leonid Trauberg
- Screenplay & Story
- Leonid Trauberg, Ignatiy Rostovtsev
- Original Score
- Vladimir Rubin
- Original Title
- Шли солдаты
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Production Studios
- Mosfilm
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Leonid Trauberg
Leonid Trauberg, Ignatiy Rostovtsev
Vladimir Rubin
Arkadi Koltsaty
Mariya Timofeyeva
Mikhail Levin
Department Leadership Roster
Leonid Trauberg
Director
Leonid Trauberg
Writer
Arkadi Koltsaty
Director of Photography
Levan Shengelia
Production Design
Vladimir Rubin
Original Music Composer
Mariya Timofeyeva
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What is Soldiers Were Walking about?
October 1917. Russian and German soldiers, exhausted by three years of war, began to fraternize. But officers' bullets shot the fraternizers. The survivors - Ilya, Matvey, nurse Olga and German soldier Jakob - swore in front of the fallen soldiers to reach St. Petersburg and achieve peace for all.
Who directed Soldiers Were Walking?
Soldiers Were Walking was directed by Leonid Trauberg.
Who stars in Soldiers Were Walking?
The principal cast of Soldiers Were Walking includes Sergei Bondarchuk, Andrei Petrov, Erast Garin, Elza Lezhdey, Mikhail Ulyanov.
When was Soldiers Were Walking released and how long is it?
Soldiers Were Walking was released in 1959 with a total runtime of 1h 21m.
Who composed the musical score for Soldiers Were Walking?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Soldiers Were Walking was composed by Vladimir Rubin.