A Russian Youth

A Russian Youth

2019 · 72 min · ★ 5.2 · War, Drama

A teenage soldier in World War I—a simple village boy with a naive youthful dream of fame and medals—throws himself into the unknown and goes blind in the first battle, thus taking on a new job: intercepting enemy planes by listening to the air through huge metal funnels.

Directed by Alexander Zolotukhin · Written by Alexander Zolotukhin

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