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RUSSIA · 1959

There Will Be No Leave Today

Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet Poetic Cinema post-war trauma dangerous labor military duty civilian danger ordnance disposal
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Synopsis

Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.

Year1959
CountryRussia
DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky
MovementSoviet Poetic Cinema
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