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Long Road in the Dunes (1982)
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Long Road in the Dunes (1982)
Original name: Долгая дорога в дюнах
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
TV show
Story: Love and betrayal in a small fishing village in Latvia from 1930s until the Soviet time. Time before WW2, during WW2, punishment in Siberia, Soviet Union, returning home, and above all that - undying love, that still survives no matter what. And, on top of that, Marta and Arthur share their love...
Plot: world war two, soviet army, father daughter relationship, anti capitalism, nazi, partisan, nazi germany, fisherman, bolshevik, red army, capitalist, nazi propaganda, anti communist, expatriate, nazi occupation, nazi soldier, soviet, seine river, military uniform, nazi uniform, romance
Time: 1930s
Place: latvia, soviet union, ussr
Keyword: russian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, tense and suspense films and TV series with plots about world war two, great patriotic war, nazi, red army, soldier, nazi occupation and military mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Long Road in the Dunes: Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973), The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972), They Fought for Their Country (1975), Trial on the Road (1986), Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
TV show
Story: The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, danger, nazi germany, espionage, state affairs, undercover agent, war, undercover, gestapo, intrigue ...
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50%
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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They Fought for Their Country (1975)
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, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Trial on the Road (1986)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Russian POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Nazis.
Style: political, black and white
Plot: world war two, great patriotic war, nazi, partisan, prisoners of war, prisoner, world war, underground, redemption, eastern front, collaborator, suspicion ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1982)
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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: patriotic
Plot: world war two, patriot, partisan, great patriotic war, nazi occupation, soviet army, firearm
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Vietnam
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
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Style: thought provoking, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, counter intelligence, great patriotic war, nazi, military, heroism, battles, life & death, heroes, bravery, human spirit, reconnaissance ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Unknown Soldier (2018)
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The Young Guard (2015)
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Style: captivating, suspense, tense, thought provoking
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The Turncoat (2020)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.5
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 6.9
 584
The Hot Snow (1972)
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Country: Soviet Union
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 7.2
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Call Fire for Ourselves (1963)
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Country: Soviet Union
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 457
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
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Time: year 1940, 1940s, pre world war two
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
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Style: bleak, depressing, cerebral, sincere, sad ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: independent film
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Duration: 100 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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