8.3
Night and Fog
1956
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
November 13, 19431h 23mEN
6.9
35 votes
Overview
The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
Director
Frank CapraTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures IndustryU.S. War DepartmentU.S. Army Special Service Division
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7.0For some reason, I always felt that this front of WWII was always the most horrendous, and this two-parter goes some way to poignantly illustrating that. Using a combination of animated maps and plenty of wartime newsreel, it takes us into the heart of the Soviet Union as the encroaching Nazis crushed all before them. It’s striking that though much of Western Europe was industrialised, the population facing this onslaught was a largely agrarian one still using scythes, horse-drawn ploughs and with little access to electricity. Initially, this looks like it’s going to be a cake-walk for the inv…
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