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The Dawns Here are Quiet

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2015 | 111 min | Drama, War

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for history buffs. If you loved The Longest Day or The Guns of Navarone, start here.
The mood
Intense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 51 min.
What might put you off
It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesSolid

    6.8 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerSolid

    $5 million worldwide on a $3 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 11K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Renat Davletyarov

  • Pyotr FyodorovFedot Vaskov
  • Anastasiya MikulchinaRita Osyanina
  • Evgenia MalakhovaZhenya Komelkova
  • Kristina AsmusGalya Chetvertak
  • Sofia LebedevaLiza Brichkina
  • Agniya KuznetsovaSonya Gurvich
  • Ekaterina VilkovaSergeant Kiryanova
  • Anatoliy BelyyMajor
  • Darya MorozMaria
  • Viktor ProskurinMakarych