War Machine

War Machine

2017 · 10 min · Documentary, Animation, War

1941, the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Nazi forces have occupied Minsk. Soviet soldiers, cut off and encircled, are attempting to break through to the east. Among them is a young tank crewman who refuses to abandon his combat vehicle to the enemy.

Directed by Natalya Kostyuchenko · Written by Dzmitryj Jakutovič

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