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Soldiers Aren't Born (1969)
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Original name: Возмездие
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "Zhivye i Myortvye".
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, period piece, melancholic, grim, patriotic, epic, tragic
Plot:
world war two, red army, stalingrad, great patriotic war, soldier, military, sacrifice, siege, eastern front, battlefield, survival, brutality, heroism, loss, army life, leadership, morality, desperation, stoicism, ruins, veteran, adaptation, revenge, battles, russian soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
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Most similar movies to Soldiers Aren't Born
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, tense, realistic and grim films with plots about world war two, soldier, heroism, sacrifice, military, survival and battles mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Soldiers Aren't Born: The Alive and the Dead (1964), They Fought for Their Country (1975), Fortress on Wheels (1961), At War as at War (1969), Tank T-34 (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, period piece, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, great patriotic war, red army, eastern front, survival, camaraderie, wehrmacht, realism, moral ambiguity, battlefield, anti war, retreat ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union, siberia, ussr, russia
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the ...
Style:
heroic, sentimental, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, red army, heroism, world war, war, camaraderie, life & death, retreat, soviet soldier, eastern front, military, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A story about an armored train number 56 and his actions during WWII.
Style:
patriotic, intense, period piece, tension, action drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
red army, world war two, soldier, military, railway, battles, protection, fortress, eastern front, heroism, frontline, combat ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, kiev ukraine, ussr
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, realistic, captivating, patriotic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soviet army, world war two, machine gun, great patriotic war, friendship, military, red army, soldier, heroism, battles, leadership, transformation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
27%
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291
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Russian prisoners of war commandeer a tank and lead the Nazis on a cross-country chase in this World War II adventure drama. The Russians use their own tanks so the Nazis can use them as target practice to test a new anti-tank weapon. Knowing that ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, period piece, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, great patriotic war, prisoners of war, escape, resistance, heroism, nazi, battles, survival, sacrifice, battlefield ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the novel of the same name by V. Kozhevnikov. The film is about the heroism of Soviet workers, clearly manifested during the WWII.
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, emotional, bleak, patriotic ...
Plot:
great patriotic war, worker, world war two, courage, patriotism, sacrifice, labor, duty, resilience, perseverance, survival, teamwork ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
October 1941. Thousands of fascists troops are advancing on Kalinin to capture the city and therefore open a direct route to Moscow. There are two thousand people able to defend the city and they are without tanks or artillery. The only hope of ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, protection, fight, diversion, battles, eastern front, sabotage, danger, spy, society, resistance, siege ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
23%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
April 1945: In the demolished and bombed-out streets of Berlin the civilian population tries to survive the last days of Nazi rule and to hide from marauding Red Army forces.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, dark, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, tragedy, violence, ruins, survival, fear, hitler, desperation, chaos, bunker, german soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
A final episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance during WWII. The film is set in 1944, when Russian partisans are making progress in their fighting against the Nazi occupation of Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Lt. ...
Style:
period piece, tense, suspenseful, patriotic
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, behind enemy lines, guerilla warfare, resistance, occupation, sabotage, underground movement, sacrifice, resilience, heroism, patriotism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, russia, czechoslovakia, poland, ussr
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After leaving his family's sheep farm in the Australian outback, a young man joins his countrymen on the western front of World War I with hopes of helping expedite an end to the bloody conflict. But as war rages on, he is forced to grapple ...
Style:
intense, grim, historical drama, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, world war one, trench warfare, brutality, survival, battlefield, camaraderie, resilience, brotherhood, loss of innocence, sacrifice, grief ...
Time:
1910s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on the novel of the same name by Grigory Svirsky.
1942 year. The Great Patriotic War. The navigator Bratnov was shot down during the war, was captured, fled, returned to his people, was demoted and sent to serve in the construction battalion. ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, grim, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, great patriotic war, navigator, military, friendship, escape, duty, pow, survival, sacrifice, isolation, arctic ...
Similarity:
21%
306
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two stories set in northern Greece during World War II.
Style:
period piece, black and white, grim, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, retreat, sacrifice, loss, tragedy, survival, desperation, battlefield, wounded, trauma, anti war, realism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From Hell To Victory follows the relationship of six friends throughout the Second World War. They meet in a cafe in Paris on 24th August 1939 and agree to meet there on the same day every year. The war however takes them on their own individual ...
Style:
period piece, tense, realistic, political, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, nazi, world war, occupation, commando, friendship, liberation, military, resistance, combat, survival ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 1930s
Place:
paris france, amsterdam, france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy (Sergo Zakariadze) leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in ...
Style:
rough, tense, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
great patriotic war, world war two, military, father son relationship, red army, soldier, fatherhood, dead son, wound, death of son, eastern front, spirituality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, berlin germany, russia ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' ...
Plot:
artillery, eastern front, world war two, battlefield, world war, soviet army, stalingrad, nazi occupation, military officer, soldier, nurse, cold weather ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal ...
Style:
disturbing, tragic ending, epic, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, war, female soldier, soviet army, female warrior, wartime life, great patriotic war, military life, military, world war, friendship ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Georgia
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Story of ethnic Georgians fighting in the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Kerch peninsula.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, historical drama, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, battles, heroism, military, fight, wartime, war, military life, showdown, red army, soviet army ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
georgia, soviet union
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, grim, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, escape, concentration camp, prisoner, survival, oppression, war crime, tragedy, resistance, execution, escape plan, brutality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The film looks through the eyes of the German offense during World War II, specifically a German tank crew who, after losing a battle, struggle to get home.
Style:
tense, period piece, suspense, emotional, macaroni combat ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, tank, soldier, survival, battles, german soldier, retreat, occupied france, battlefield, ambush, loss, cross cultural relations ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
normandy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Vietnam, Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Coordinates of Death (Russian Title: Koordinaty smerti / Координаты смерти) is a 1985 Soviet-Vietnamese co-production directed by Samvel Gasparov and Nguyen Xuan Chan. Set during the Vietnam War (presumably during Operation ...
Style:
tense, dramatic, brutal, emotional, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, anti war, solidarity, heroism, military, propaganda, sacrifice, shipwreck, rescue, resistance, morality ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
vietnam, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
20%
287
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A twist of fate leads a recent Westpoint grad into being responsible for the execution of two fellow American GIs. The young lieutenant comes of age, and the two battle hardened veterans achieve a state of grace through acts of sacrifice.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, period piece, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, combat, world war, sacrifice, soldier, battlefield, lieutenant, coming of age, execution, heroism, prisoners of war, redemption ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1941 Minsk is overrun by the Germans and social order is obliterated. Choices must be made - cooperate with the occupying forces or resist? A mini-series about surviving in the most uncertain times.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, courage, violence, occupation, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, resistance, survival, military officer, soldier, danger, heroes ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his heroism and the fact that he is still alive, he becomes a Medal of Honor hero. He returns to train new recruits for the Marines and falls for a girl named ...
Style:
period piece, psychological, sentimental
Plot:
world war two, combat, medal of honor, military, heroism, duty, marines, sacrifice, battlefield, veteran, leadership, homecoming ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, 1950s, year 1943
Similarity:
19%
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168
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Russia, Belarus
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On the Eastern front in 1941, German troops attack a Red Army's field hospital destroying it and causing a massive loss of life. The surviving soldiers try to fight back but have to retreat, among them a young pilot , Vyacheslav with his dog ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, sentimental, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
german shepherd, military, world war two, dog training, dog, killer dog, eastern front, red army, courage, bravery, heroes, brutality ...
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial battles during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Changde Battle, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, battles, combat, fight, military life, war, battlefield, soldier, army, wartime life, warrior ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: War
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dwindling group of German soldiers battle to return to their lines on the harsh Eastern Front.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, battles, soldier, frontline, german soldier, wehrmacht, survival, war, military, military service, wartime ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Spanish-Italian war movie.
Style:
intense, tension, suspense, period piece, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, commando, behind enemy lines, mission, soldier, military, combat, battlefield, battles, army, violence, teamwork ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Summer 1944. The Second World War rages. On one side, elite German soldiers serving in the most dangerous and cruel army the world has ever seen. On the other, Russian partisans-fatigued, wounded and hungry, they have almost forgotten the warmth of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, soldier, patriotism, heroism, russian soldier, great patriotic war, combat, camaraderie, brotherhood, battlefield, wartime life ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, infantry, military, eastern front, soldier, friendship, friend, husband wife relationship, insubordination, firing squad, battles, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A group of Chinese refugees and straggler soldiers, led by a machinist, defend their mountain town, "Gezhi," against a surprise attack by Japanese reconnaissance troops in a desperate fight using civilian ingenuity against a trained ...
Style:
tension, suspense, historical drama, realistic, period drama ...
Plot:
improv, resistance, courage, heroism, refugee, protection, solidarity, resilience, community, soldier, sacrifice, occupation ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
18%
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