Ukraine in Flames (Bitva za nashu Sovetskuyu Ukrainu) (1943)

Film Diary 2023 (74 movies items)

"25.11. This is a war propaganda film, so you have to excuse some lecturing. Aleksandr Dovzhenko was one of the greatest film directors during the silent era, but Stalin struck him down and everything fell apart in the 30's. This film here still showcases some of his vision, that is his idealist view of war and Ukraine. From his point of view war is not just crime against humanity, but it makes the nature bleed as well. Ukraine isn't just bunch of people with certain identity, but the soil as we"