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Tankers

2018 · 90 min

A gritty, earnest war drama that puts you inside a battered tank crew, tense and ultimately moving.

Overview
The film is based on the true story about a Soviet KV-1 crew of a Soviet KV-1 tank, under the command of Semyon Konovalov , whom despite being heavily outnumbered by German forces, destroyed 16 tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 other enemy vehicles at the village of Nizhnemytyakin, Tarasovsky district, Rostov region on July 13th, 1942.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • military
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
war, history, drama
Directed by
Konstantin Maksimov
Written by
Konstantin Maksimov, Valeriya Baykeeva
Starring
Andrey Chernyshov, Vladimir Yepifantsev, Olga Pogodina, Sergey Gorobchenko, Nikolai Dobrynin, Oleg Fomin, Vasiliy Sedykh, Vladimir Kochetkov
Cinematography
Elena Ivanova
Runtime
90 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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