Storyline
The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...
Cast & Crew
Aleksandr Zbruev
Aleksandr Motovilov
LeadES
Elliya Sukhanova
Rita Tamashova
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Alexei Babin
Sergei Kurilov
Bryl
Mikhail Vorontsov
Afanasy Makletsov
Aleksandr Titov
Shumilin
Viktor Suskin
Sayenko
Anatoli Golik
Mezentsev
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrey Smirnov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Span of Land is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
