- With the imminent fall of Nazi Germany as a backdrop, a young, recently recruited Nazi radio specialist, Lieutenant Sterbens (Matthew Carey) experiences a right of moral passage few war stories tell. The complexities of patriotism, obedience, initiation and the struggle for reason are examined in this delicate moving s…
- A superb Russian art film transcribed from Tchaikovsky's great opera. The photography, the acting, the sets and costumes are very artistically done. There are not enough opera films set in real locations as this one is. Some people may object to the singers' voices being dubbed over non-operatic actors, but the lead ac…