The Bread of Love

The Bread of Love

1953 · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, War

Four Swedish volunteer soldiers are trapped in Russia. In front of them lies the front with enemy outposts and patrols, behind them the enemy minefields. Hope to return to their own lines decreases each day. Corpses of fallen, "dead of cold and hard as iron", forms the macabre landmarks in the winter landscape. Nearby is a burnt Russian village.

Directed by Arne Mattsson · Written by Volodja Semitjov

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