The historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collaborator and a high-ranking German SS officer.
Direction
Konchalovsky shoots in stark black-and-white 35mm Academy ratio.
Acting
Vysotskaya's performance is physically devastating, spiritually transcendent.
Cinematography
Every frame looks excavated from 1943 itself.
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
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