The second half of the film is a thrilling chase across the countryside, with Ivushkin trying to outwit Jager, who unleashes troops, tanks, and planes to track him down. She offers to steal a much-needed map if they take her with him. He gets some assistance from Anya (Irina Starshenbaum), another POW who serves as an interpreter between Ivushkin and Jager. It’s at this point Ivushkin comes up with an escape plan, using the tank to blast their way out and head for the Czech border. Ivushkin reluctantly agrees, but while he and his crew are prepping the tank, they discover some live shells hidden beneath the bodies of the dead crew the Nazis left inside. If they survive, Ivushkin will be required to train new German tank crews. Still impressed by what Ivushkin was able to do with a single tank during their previous encounter, Jager makes him an offer he really can’t refuse: Assemble a crew to restore a stolen Russian tank (the T-34 of the title) and serve as an unarmed practice target for young cadets. Four years later, Ivushkin is a POW scheduled to be executed for refusing to give his name and rank. Unfortunately, he is shot by SS officer Klaus Jager (Vinzenz Kiefer). As such, the movie is a lot of fun.ĭuring World War II, Nikolay Ivushkin (Alexander Petrov) is a Russian tank commander who manages to destroy an entire squad of German tanks during a skirmish. With an emphasis on plot and action, it’s more Great Escape than Saving Private Ryan, something of a rarity in modern war films. It doesn’t drop the viewer into the unflinching chaos of battle with hyper-realistic depictions of human carnage. No anti-war agenda, cynicism, or commentary on how combat changes a soldier. The Russian film, T-34, is sort of a throwback to the old war epics I grew up on. Starring Alexander Petrov, Vinzenz Kiefer, Irina Starshenbaun, Viktor Dobronrnov, Yuriy Borisov, Anton Bogdanov.
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