Propaganda film from WW2, designed to raise the awareness of the American public regarding USSR's fight against Nazi Germany.Propaganda film from WW2, designed to raise the awareness of the American public regarding USSR's fight against Nazi Germany.Propaganda film from WW2, designed to raise the awareness of the American public regarding USSR's fight against Nazi Germany.
Konstantin Shayne
- Wounded Soldier
- (as Konstantine Shayne)
John Wengraf
- Red Army Commander
- (as John E. Wengraf)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film was the subject of inquiry by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in October 1947. Testimony as to the distortions of Soviet life presented in the film was provided by Ayn Rand, screenwriter and author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged". Rand was born in Russia, but left in 1926. Rand derided the depictions of Russian peasants who owned radios and had access to long distance telephones as well as showing a 'traditional Russian wedding dance' with peasant women doing the Charleston with spiked heels in church.
- GoofsAlthough the film is set during the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, uniforms and equipment shown in both the stock footage and the American-filmed scenes are largely from the period of 1943-44, when the film was made. Of particular note are the helmets and rank insignia which are indicative of this later era.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Red Hollywood (1996)
- SoundtracksPiano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23
(uncredited)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
[Played by Susan Peters on piano, with an orchestra at a rehearsal; Reprised at a concert on tour in Russia, with Albert Coates on piano; Reprised by Peters in a New York concert; Excerpts played often in the score, adapted by Herbert Stothart]
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It may have been a turkey, but .....
This was the first film that I can recall seeing, way back in the 1940s. I was about 6 or 7 years old at the time (I'm now 66). I can remember nothing of the rose-tinted picture of Stalin's Russia described in John Barnes' comments.
In fact, I can recall little of the plot, other than that it featured an orchestral conductor and extracts from Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto. Thus, the film introduced me to Tchaikovsky and classical music and, for that, I am eternally grateful.
In fact, I can recall little of the plot, other than that it featured an orchestral conductor and extracts from Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto. Thus, the film introduced me to Tchaikovsky and classical music and, for that, I am eternally grateful.
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- denisswift
- Jun 29, 2003
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- Also known as
- Sången om Ryssland
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,828,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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