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Based on the Nobel-Prize winning novel by Mikhail A Sholokov, this epic deals with both heroes and villains of the uprisings during WWI, the Bolshevik Revolution and the Russian Civil War.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising. ...Quiet Flows the Don
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Really, just avoid this and read the book instead. Was looking forward to watching this but the acting is awful and the cheesy American accents makes it all look like one of those dubbed TV adverts.
Very disappointing!
Very disappointing!
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Just for something a little different see how many war film titles you can see in this review.Firstly what you get on the disc is a basic scene selection,pretty naff really.
The film itself is a watered down version of an eight hour mini-series by the same name.With a runtime of 177 mins it is still an epic film despite the cuts.Based on the Nobel prize winning book by Mikhail Sholokov and adapted for the screen by legendary Russian film maker and actor Sergei Bondarchuk it shows the fortunes of war during the Bolshevik revolution,Civil Car and WWI.The first third of the film deals with the relative tranquility of peacetime and focuses primarily on the Melekhov family.Gregor(Rupert Everett)likes to play dirty and falls in and out of love at will.With an arranged marriage falling apart at the seams his overbearing father sees this as an act of betrayal and evicts him from the family home.Against the wind and alone he fall into the arms of a forbidden love.In an age of heroes,saints and soldiers,heroes and villains and with pressure coming from all sides Gregor being a true Cossack enlists in the army to fight but mainly to get away from his troubles.
Here we get to see our first battleground which to be honest is a mixture of excellence and downright idiocy from the director.Excellent is seeing a cavalry attack complete with battle cry and totally devoid of cgi.The idiocy comes in the mistakes,soldiers get hit on one side of the face yet bleed from the other side.Worst of all was the MG34 used in the trench during the first battle(dear oh dear).In fact military purists will be mortified by the overwhelming errors served up in this film.
After the first battle we are shoved back into Gregors torrid personal life which if i am honest bored me silly.I can stand a romance to fill a film out but Rupert Everetts character displays all the emotions of a hunk of cheese.What should have been a testamant to what war may bring and the destiny of a man in wartime in fact turns out to be a lukewarm and badly acted drama interspersed with some half decent battles.What in reality was nearly three hours in front of the television seemed to be more like a week.Shining through the film however is Bondarchuks ability to frame a shot well and the fantastic panoramas on view.There are a couple of other memorable scenes for instance the frozen water melting from a dead comrades eye to give the appearance of crying.Unfortunately i just could not get immersed in the film at all.So if a case of insomnia is what you have then this film will be right up your street if not i would really give it a wide berth.
How many war film titles did you spot then?
The film itself is a watered down version of an eight hour mini-series by the same name.With a runtime of 177 mins it is still an epic film despite the cuts.Based on the Nobel prize winning book by Mikhail Sholokov and adapted for the screen by legendary Russian film maker and actor Sergei Bondarchuk it shows the fortunes of war during the Bolshevik revolution,Civil Car and WWI.The first third of the film deals with the relative tranquility of peacetime and focuses primarily on the Melekhov family.Gregor(Rupert Everett)likes to play dirty and falls in and out of love at will.With an arranged marriage falling apart at the seams his overbearing father sees this as an act of betrayal and evicts him from the family home.Against the wind and alone he fall into the arms of a forbidden love.In an age of heroes,saints and soldiers,heroes and villains and with pressure coming from all sides Gregor being a true Cossack enlists in the army to fight but mainly to get away from his troubles.
Here we get to see our first battleground which to be honest is a mixture of excellence and downright idiocy from the director.Excellent is seeing a cavalry attack complete with battle cry and totally devoid of cgi.The idiocy comes in the mistakes,soldiers get hit on one side of the face yet bleed from the other side.Worst of all was the MG34 used in the trench during the first battle(dear oh dear).In fact military purists will be mortified by the overwhelming errors served up in this film.
After the first battle we are shoved back into Gregors torrid personal life which if i am honest bored me silly.I can stand a romance to fill a film out but Rupert Everetts character displays all the emotions of a hunk of cheese.What should have been a testamant to what war may bring and the destiny of a man in wartime in fact turns out to be a lukewarm and badly acted drama interspersed with some half decent battles.What in reality was nearly three hours in front of the television seemed to be more like a week.Shining through the film however is Bondarchuks ability to frame a shot well and the fantastic panoramas on view.There are a couple of other memorable scenes for instance the frozen water melting from a dead comrades eye to give the appearance of crying.Unfortunately i just could not get immersed in the film at all.So if a case of insomnia is what you have then this film will be right up your street if not i would really give it a wide berth.
How many war film titles did you spot then?
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a terrible film! The actors are wooden and the story so badly mauled that we lose the real beauty of the novel. I was bitterly disappointed!
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