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List of great patriotic war movies

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Kalashnikov (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tank commander Kalashnikov is severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front. While recovering in the hospital he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, informative ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, inventor, human spirit, red army, life & death, soldier, weapons, russian soldier, soviet soldier, world war, danger, engineer ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: ussr, soviet union, moscow russia, russia, kazakhstan
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The Aces' War (2017)
Genre: History, War
Country: France
TV show
Story: One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots from France, Germany, and Britain take us into the world of the greatest "flying aces" of the ...
Style: captivating
Plot: pilot, aerial combats, air battle, great patriotic war, aerial combat, air raid, air force, air attack, aviation, historical event, air force base, soldier ...
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Frontier (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal wich allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II to go through the quest of time and find his one and only beloved.
Style: serious, rough, exciting, uplifting
Plot: time travel, wartime life, battles, battle zone, personal growth, world war two, military life, self sacrifice, heroic mission, great patriotic war, travel, love ...
Time: 1940s
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Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth.
Style: bleak, disturbing, meditative, black and white, art house ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: orphan, world war two, war, courage, boy, youth, great patriotic war, coming of age, childhood, children in wartime, adolescence, death ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, 20th century, year 1943
Place: russia, soviet union, ussr, europe, berlin germany
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Soldier Boy (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The film is based on real events. This is a story about exciting events that occurred in the life of the smallest soldier - the hero of the Great Patriotic War, six-year-old Sergei Aleshkov. He lost all his relatives and got into the army. With a ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, rough, exciting, disturbing
Plot: great patriotic war, orphan, world war two, soldier, life is a bitch, courage, wartime life, society, friendship, violence, heroes, fascism ...
Time: 1940s
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In June 1941 (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: A Russian frontier guard Ivan Burov and a Polish girl Hanna love each other in spite of every prohibition and obstacle. But on the 22d of June 1941 the war begins.. After a series of clashes with the Germans Ivan Burov remains the only surviving ...
Style: rough, serious, stylized, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: world war two, great patriotic war, war, russian soldier, wartime, life & death, heroes, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, declaration of love, love ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ussr, russia
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Come and See (1985)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story: The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style: bleak, disturbing, rough, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, genocide, war crime, against humanity, brutality, holocaust, atrocity, occupation, anti war, nazi, war, military ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1985, near future
Place: germany, ussr, persia, europe, russia ...
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The Saboteur 2: The End of the War (2007)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 500 min.
TV show
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: saboteur, prospector, war, world war two, black ops, heroic mission, wartime, wartime life, battles, combat, military, investigation ...
Time: 1940s
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On the Nameless Height (2004)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 188 min.
Story: The location is the Belarusian forests, close to the Polish border, during Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. After a short pause, the Red Army is preparing to advance, but on one segment of the front there are two serious obstacles: an ...
Style: sentimental, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, touching
Plot: world war two, sniper, eastern front, camaraderie, patriotism, great patriotic war, friendship between men, relationships, war, love, declaration of love, fall in love ...
Place: russia
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Panfilov's 28 (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army's newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight ...
Style: touching, rough, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: world war two, red army, russian soldier, bravery, heroism, infantry, eastern front, protector, wartime, military life, world war, war ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, russia, ussr
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Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: In 1939 Alexander von Foss, a young German aristocrat (Wolfgang Cerny), falls in love with Ekaterina Radonova (Tatyana Arntgolts), a Russian girl. When Germany invades Russia 4 years later, they meet again as professional Snipers, finding themselves ...
Style: romantic, intense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: german officer, world war two, foe turned friend, female assassin, hitman, female killer, spy, strong female presence, relationship vs career, uninhibited rivalry, love and romance, battle of the sexes ...
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Attackers. The Last Fight. (2015)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Following on from the events of the first Attackers series, Major Bestuzhev is promoted to Lt Colonel and given command of a newly-formed fighter regiment. He is given the latest Soviet fighter, the Yak-3, but with no veterans to draw upon he has to ...
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: air battle, aerial combats, aerial combat, fighter pilot, fighter plane, soldier, military, air attack, wartime, battles, military life, air raid ...
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War and Peace (1991)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 249 min.
Story: BBC production of 'Sergei Prokofiev (I)"s opera "War and Peace" performed by the Kirov Opera under the baton of Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg, Russia. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, russian empire, literary, great patriotic war, napoleon bonaparte, conquering, live performance, opera
Time: 19th century
Place: russia
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In August of 1944 (2001)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, stylized, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing
Plot: world war two, counter intelligence, war, spy, russian soldier, betrayal, patriotism, camaraderie, traitor, friendship between men, wartime, nazi ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: ussr, russia
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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
Plot: world war two, red army, heroism, world war, life & death, war, camaraderie, military, nazi, retreat, eastern front, soviet soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
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Ballad of a Bomber (2011)
Genre: War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, rough
Plot: world war two, behind enemy lines, sabotage, traitor, rivalry, danger, betrayal, pilot, dishonesty, death, military, couples ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ukraine
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The One (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: During WWII a Soviet artillery unit is fighting Nazis while trying to do everything to save lives of a group of deaf children near their position.
Style: touching, tense, emotional, sincere, captivating
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: world war two, military, wartime, killing an animal, deaf child, tank, monastery, weapons, soldier, girl, violence, death ...
Time: year 1944, 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland
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Sofya Grushko (1972)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.
Plot: pow, occupation, officer, underground, great patriotic war, accusation, gestapo, nurse, reconnaissance, fascist
Place: soviet union, kiev ukraine
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Point of No Return (1974)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The love story of a Soviet officer wounded in battle and the woman who shelters him during the German occupation of the Great Patriotic War. Multifaceted and ambiguous, this film spans twenty years of love, joy, and sorrow.
Plot: partisan, world war two, daughter in law, wounded soldier, unrequited love, husband wife relationship, desperation, teacher, school, love, drunkenness, wife ...
Place: soviet union
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Attack and Retreat (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Beautifully photographed and lyrically written, this largely factual account of Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Russia during World War II tells the story of an Italian regiment through the eyes of a farmer from Emilia, a plumber from Rome, ...
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, eastern front, politics, italian army, nazism, bravery, italian history, nazi, soldier, italian soldier, invasion, execution ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, year 1942
Place: soviet union, russia
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The White Bird Marked with Black (1971)
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: psychedelic
Plot: world war two, mythology, survival, border, poverty, large family, landmine, farmer, countryside, village, great patriotic war, son ...
Place: soviet union, ukraine
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Attempt (2010)
Genre: War
Country: Belarus
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Plot: world war two, vietnam war, great patriotic war, scout, grave, captain, love, red army
Time: pre world war two, year 1941
Place: soviet union
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Pyotr Ryabinkin (1973)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Plot: fate, memories, young wife, first love, wound, great patriotic war, peace, worker, promotion
Place: soviet union
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Mother of Men (1975)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Style: sincere, suspenseful, rough, bleak, touching
Audience: boys' night
Plot: children, world war two, mother, heroine, kindness, survival, village, young woman, hunger, danger, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, year 1942
Place: soviet union
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Fortress on Wheels (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A story about an armored train number 56 and his actions during WWII.
Plot: red army, soviet army, nazi soldier, russian soldier, exploitation, enemy, great patriotic war, commander, captain, tank, train, soldier ...
Place: soviet union, ukraine, kiev ukraine
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Spring on the Oder (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A war drama set in Germany at the end od WWII.
Plot: world war two, russian soldier, great patriotic war, red army, russian abroad, soviet army, uniform
Time: year 1945
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The Hunt for Wehrwolf (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A small group of Russian soldiers with mixed skills are assembled to go on a covert mission to map out the area of Hitler's new HQ in the Ukraine known as Wehrwolf. But it's not until they get to their destination that the squads leader ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, rivalry, danger, escapades, heroes, behind enemy lines, heroism, heroic mission, reconnaissance, war, dangerous animal ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: ukraine
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Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
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
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War Intelligence Service. Western Front (2010)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The Secret Group of 5th Red Army Intelligence gets only extremely dangerous job. No one knows the names of soldiers of this unit, but their achievements will be never forgotten by the motherland. In service record of these heroes are hundreds of ...
Style: suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: saboteur, world war two, great patriotic war, prospector, chase, heroic mission, danger, military, wartime, eastern front, friendship, diversion ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union
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Before Sunrise (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Wartime, summer 1941. Train carrying criminals gets under enemy fire and crashed. Out of all of the living are only a young lieutenant of the NKVD and two prisoners - the thief and repressed Communist party worker.
Style: exciting, thought provoking, epic, suspense, disturbing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, good versus evil, battles, fight, criminal, life & death, heroism, criminal heroes, unlikely friendships, moral transformation, friendship, great patriotic war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: ussr
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