The Dawns Here Are Quiet
А зори здесь тихие... (2015)
Timing:
2:0 (120 min)
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Country
Production
Genre
Drama, War
Budget
$220 000 000
Revenue
$4 495 190
Director
Renat Davletyarov
Actors
Pyotr Fyodorov, Anastasiya Mikulchina, Evgenia Malakhova, Kristina Asmus, Sofia Lebedeva, Agniya Kuznetsova, Ekaterina Vilkova, Anatoliy Belyy, Darya Moroz, Viktor Proskurin
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Grigoriy Podzemelnyy
Operator
Semen Yakovlev
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Matvey Epanchintsev
All team (26)
All team (26)
Short description
It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.
What's left behind the scenes
- The Germans in the film were played by actual Germans.
- The only actor considered for the role who appeared even before the script was created was Pyotr Fyodorov. Director Renat Davletyarov liked Fyodorov's performance in "Pure Art" (2016) and considered him the ideal candidate for the role of Vaskov.
- Renat Davletyarov and Vlad Ryashin financed the film with their own money, and only after 90 percent of it had been shot did they enter a competition in Moscow for state funding, which partially compensated their expenses.
- Benjamin Spiller, who played a German named Hans, said that all of his scenes were filmed in 13 days, with some shooting days lasting 16 hours.
- Part of the action takes place in a village. Since it was impossible to find an authentic village from 1942, the decision was made to build one. This took almost two months, with around 40 people involved in total. Disassembled houses were brought from the Tver region to the Medvezhegorsky district and reassembled. Thus, near the village of Padun (Arkhangelsk region) by the river, several buildings appeared: a barracks, a bathhouse, and a house.
- Two genuine AZP-39 anti-aircraft guns from 1939 were used during filming, having been found in a military unit in Petrozavodsk.
- Pyotr Fedorov had to gain 15 kilograms for his role. Previously, he had lost weight for the film "Homeland" (2015).
- Filming began in the Moscow region, where some of Rita Osyanina's recollections were shot. Filming also took place in Karelia, near Kondopoga, in the vicinity of the settlement of Girvas.
- During the filming of the scene where Sergeant Vaskov and the three surviving Germans come face to face, 150 sprinklers were used.
- In the scene of the execution of Zhenya Komelkova's relatives, you can notice the dead people breathing.
- The only actor considered for the role even before the script was written was Pyotr Fyodorov. Director Renat Davletyarov liked Fyodorov’s performance in "Pure Art" (2016) and believed he was the ideal candidate for the role of Vaskov.
- Pyotr Fyodorov had to gain 15 kilograms for his role. Prior to that, he had lost weight for the film "Homeland" (2015).
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