Girl No. 217 (Russian: Человек № 217, translit. Chelovek No. 217) is a 1945 Soviet war drama film directed by Mikhail Romm. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
| Girl No. 217 | |
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| Directed by | Mikhail Romm |
| Written by | Mikhail Romm Yevgeny Gabrilovich |
| Starring | Yelena Kuzmina Vladimir Balashov Tatyana Barysheva Heinrich Greif |
| Cinematography | Boris Volchek Era Savelyeva |
| Music by | Aram Khachaturian |
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Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
An anti-Nazi film, it depicted a Russian girl enslaved to an inhuman German family.[2][3] She is even robbed of her name and forced to answer to "No. 217".[4] Subplots depict abuse directed at other POWs.[4] This reflected the use by Nazis of OST-Arbeiter as slave labour, including as family servants.
Cast edit
- Yelena Kuzmina as Tanya Krylova (Nr. 217)[5]
- Vladimir Balashov as Max Krauss
- Tatyana Barysheva as Greta Krauss
- Heinrich Greif as Kurt Kahger
- Anastasiya Lissianskaya as Klava Vasilyeva
- Grigory Mikhaylov as prisoner Nr. 225
- Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Lotta Krauss
- Peter Suthanov as Rudolph Peschke
- Vasili Zajchikov as scientist
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Girl No. 217". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen / Unwin. p. 379.
- ^ Anthony Rhodes, Propaganda: The Art of Persuasion: World War II, p. 219 (1976) Chelsea House Publishers, New York
- ^ a b "Girl No. 217"
- ^ "Человек №217 (1944)". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
External links edit
- Girl No. 217 on YouTube
- Girl No. 217 at IMDb
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