Tomorrow Was the War(1987)
This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The main characters of the film are ordinary Soviet high school students. They study in the Soviet school, try to be correct and ideological Komsomol activists. But not always the “correctness” suggested by the teachers coincides with the inner convictions of young souls - it is difficult for them to come to terms with the fact that their relatives and loved ones are suddenly “enemies of the people”.
Movie: Tomorrow Was the War
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nikolay Romakhin
Iskra's Mother
Valendra
Leonid Lyuberetsky
Iskra Polyakova
Zina Kovalenko
Vika Lyuberetskaya
Jaurès Landys
Sasha Stameskin
Pasha Ostapchuk
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This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The main characters of the film are ordinary Soviet high school students. They study in the Soviet school, try to be correct and ideological Komsomol activists. But not always the “correctness” suggested by the teachers coincides with the inner convictions of young souls - it is difficult for them to come to terms with the fact that their relatives and loved ones are suddenly “enemies of the people”.
Release Date
1987-10-18
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3.2 startsTagline
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Pусский
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