Friend of War
MovieTitle | Друг войны |
User score | 1 |
Release date | May 5, 1993 |
Genre | Drama, War |
Director | Gennadiy Novikov |
Production country | Russia |
Production companies | Lenfilm |
Run time | 30 min. |
The film is set during World War II in a German-occupied European country. In a covered truck on a snow-covered road, the Germans are transporting a group of civilians. Thoughts of imminent death inevitably visit the passengers of the van. The Catholic priest accompanying the arrested, among whom there is a boy, prepares the companions to leave for another world. A complex psychological conflict arises between the priest and the boy. Circumstances develop in such a way that the boy manages to escape.