It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.
Credits
The Russians Are Coming Cast
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Character |
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Vsevolod Safonov
He was 42, 66 years old when he died
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Viktor Perevalov
He was 19, 61 years old when he died
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Katja Paryla
She was 28, 73 years old when she died
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Karla Runkehl
She was 38, 56 years old when she died
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as Mutter Bergschicker |
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Lissy Tempelhof
She was 39, 88 years old when she died
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Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
He was 62, 67 years old when he died
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Norbert Christian
He was 43, 51 years old when he died
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as Vater Bergschicker |
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Peter Bause
He was 27, now 82 years old
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as deutscher Soldat |
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Claus Küchenmeister
He was 38, 84 years old when he died
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Rolf Ludwig
He was 43, 73 years old when he died
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as Vater Walcher |
The Russians Are Coming Crew
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Department |
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Evelyn Carow as Editor. She was 37 (now 92) years old
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Editing |
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Jürgen Brauer as Cinematography. He was 30 (now 85) years old
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Crew |
