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Spring on the Oder (1968)
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Original name: Весна на Одере
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A war drama set in Germany at the end od WWII.
Style:
tension, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, soviet army, frontline, eastern front, survival, friendship, courage, humanism, realism, resilience, duty, war trauma, military operation, tragedy, officer, heroism, retreat, camaraderie, evacuation, moral ambiguity, hopes, cold, great patriotic war, red army, russian abroad ...
Time:
year 1945
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Most similar movies to Spring on the Oder
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, bleak, historical drama and tense films with plots about world war two, survival, heroism, sacrifice, soldier, great patriotic war and tragedy mostly in War, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Spring on the Oder: The Alive and the Dead (1964), Fortress on Wheels (1961), At War as at War (1969), Little Alexander (1981), Pyotr Ryabinkin (1973). 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
Similarity:
95%
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:
68%
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:
56%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
May of 1945. Soviet soldiers conducting an operation to rescue the children in a small town in the territory of Germany.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, children, realism, post war germany, rescue mission, survival, military operation, duty, loss, trauma, small town, hopes ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
55%
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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:
52%
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:
51%
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:
50%
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:
49%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, melancholic, medical drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reconnaissance, female protagonist, world war two, sacrifice, patriotism, resilience, espionage, courage, post war, survival, political intrigue, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, kiev ukraine, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
44%
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, period piece, realistic, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, red army, stalingrad, great patriotic war, soldier, sacrifice, military, siege, eastern front, battlefield, survival, brutality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.
Style:
breathtaking, captivating, tense, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
soviet army, world war two, military, army, duty, family relations, danger, friendship, partisan, russian soldier, great patriotic war, military officer ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
42%
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:
42%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This movie tells a true story about events in Zagreb in 1941. Nazis and their collaborators organized the great gathering of students on Dubrava stadium. The intention was to publicly separate Jews from them which would lead to future pogrom. The ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, serious, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, partisan, nazi occupation, political conflict, political repression, student protest, human rights, holocaust, resistance movement, fear, identity, memory ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.
Style:
bleak, realistic, sentimental, thought provoking, compassionate ...
Plot:
world war two, memories, death, parents and children, murder, grief, tragedy, loss, storytelling, danger, memorial service, honor ...
Time:
year 1944, year 1974, year 1970
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
September the 8th 1943, Rome, that crucial day, the armistice, in the town many life change their way. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome. On the way to come back Rome the two ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, bleak, tense
Plot:
world war two, fascism, sabotage, heroism, resistance movement, sacrifice, nazi, occupation, courage, german occupation, bravery, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, occupation, resistance, german occupation, czech history, liberation, end of war, soviet army, insurrection, nazism, solidarity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
central europe, prague, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Story:
Inspired by American war films from the 50's, Retreat! tells the story of a small outfit of U.S. Soldiers who were forced to retreat into unknown territories deep in the heart of Korea during the roughest stretch of the Korean War. Unsure of ...
Style:
tension, suspense, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
korean war, soldier, fear, survival, military, retreat, uncertainty, duty, isolation, frontline, brotherhood, search and rescue ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
A story of a machine that have been left behind during the retreat. One of those that later were dubbed Katyushi.
Style:
captivating, tense, sincere, melancholic, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, swat, military, wartime, bombing, destiny, hopes, wartime life, tank, secret, warlord ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the ...
Style:
tension, poignant, grim, bleak, black and white ...
Plot:
world war two, children, orphanage, brutality, fear, hiding, occupation, concentration camp, soldier, trauma, loss, realism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, europe, central europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Colourful 'optimistic tragedy' of a poor family in Ukraine, living in the Carpathian mountains near the Romanian border, during the Second World War. This epic, which won the grand prize at the Moscow Film Festival in 1971, chronicles a ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, bleak, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, tragedy, family drama, poverty, occupation, family bonds, political conflict, loss, identity, loss of innocence, nationalism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, romania, poland, ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A journalist (Tom Drake) watches a U.S. colonel (George Montgomery) and Filipino guerrillas smoke out Japanese soldiers.
Style:
tense, historical drama, period piece, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, soldier, jungle warfare, danger, combat, manhunt, survival, violence, camaraderie, investigative journalism, leadership, jungle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Political prisoners imprisoned in Yugoslavia will try to escape from prison by digging a channel under the ground and join the partisans.
Style:
period piece, tense, tension, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, escape, prison break, escape attempt, oppression, prison life, escape plan, survival, sacrifice, resilience, risk, underground ...
Time:
60s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the final days of World War II, a young Hungarian is making his way home, through countryside full of the debris of war, when he is captures and imprisoned by Russians. Left in the custody of a young Russian soldier, the two youths form a ...
Style:
lyrical, psychological, political, tension, reflective ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, young soldier, friendship, post war, pow, female nudity, survival, soviet soldier, teenage protagonist, countryside, minimalism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
32%
Genre: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, female soldier, female warrior, great patriotic war, women, soviet army, fight, wartime, battles, aviation, heroism, danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
32%
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:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, grim, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, biopic, national identity, historical epic, university student, political intrigue, realism, occupation, fascism, tragedy, moral ambiguity, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, fascism, male bonding, soldier, friendship, male friendship, society, violence, friendship between men, war, world war ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two years after receiving news of his father’s death in WWII a young boy continues to wait for trains from the front. The boy lives with his crippled uncle rather than with his mother, who has remarried and has another child. Then one day the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, bleak, period piece, tension
Plot:
world war two, father son relationship, family drama, longing, waiting, grief, loss, child protagonist, trauma, sacrifice, hopes, family conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
armenia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Serbia
Story:
A story inspired by the largest single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen behind enemy lines in aviation history of all time, codenamed “The Halyard Mission”. This action took place in the summer of 1944. It was led by the Yugoslav Army in ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, period piece, bleak, family saga
Plot:
world war two, sacrifice, heroism, friendship, survival, evacuation, resistance movement, military operation, courage, dangerous mission, patriotism, nobility ...
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
29%
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