Twenty Days Without War (1976)

overview : War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.

Release Date : Nov 08, 1976

Runtime : 1h 41m

Genre : War  Drama  

Companies : Lenfilm

Countries : Soviet Union

Keywords : world war ii, soviet military, soldier on leave, life during wartime