The Russians Are Coming

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.

5.2

92 min

Cast

Gert Krause-Melzer

as Günter

Viktor Perevalov

as Igor

Dorothea Meissner

as Christine

Norbert Christian

as Vater Bergschicker

Karla Runkehl

as Mutter Bergschicker

Vsevolod Safonov

as Golubkow

Rolf Ludwig

as Vater Walcher

Katja Paryla

as Mutter Walcher

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

as Polizist

Claus Küchenmeister

as Willi

Ulrich Teschner

as Bannführer

Peter Bause

as deutscher Soldat

Lissy Tempelhof

Director

Heiner Carow