The Hot Snow (1972)

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Synopsis:
A heroic drama, based upon the title novel by Yuri Bondarev (novels “Quiet”, “The Shore”, “The Choice”, novella “Battalions Ask for Fire”).
The film recounts the story of one battle of the Great Patriotic War, the battle on the Volga. The authors focus their attention on the fate of Soviet soldiers and officers in just one battery, who, at the price of heroic efforts and their own lives, did not let the enemy tanks through.
…And staying in our memory forever will be his terse, from overflowing emotions, phrase: “I wish I could do more”, and the scene when the seven surviving men, all that remained of the regiment, crowded, frozen, in a shell-dug crater, cried and drank their vodka ration to the newly-won decorations.

Awards
* 1973 – A. Dovzhenko Silver Medal went to author Yuri Bondarev, director G. Yegiazarov, cinematographer F. Dobronravov and actor G. Zhzhyonov.
* 1975 – The Vassiliev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR was awarded to screenwriters Yu. Bondarev and Ye. Grigoryev, director and screenwriter G. Yegiazarov, cinematographer F. Dobronravov, production designer V. Golikov, actors G. Zhzhyonov and B. Tokarev.
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