In 2012, the film Zinovy Roizman "Snipers: Love at gunpoint" was released. The actors recreated the love story of a simple Soviet girl and a German officer on the screen. What are the reviews of this film?
The opinion of the audience
Reviews about the film are mostly positive. Romantic stories in cinema have always been popular. But there are negative reviews of the Royzman film. They are primarily concerned with historical discrepancies. In addition, according to some viewers, love and passion amid large-scale hostilities is unlikely.
Plot of the film
Katya Rodionova is the main character in the drama Love under the Sight. The actors in this film played well. Even viewers who are outraged by the implausibility of the plot and characters agree with this opinion.
Two years before the start of the war, Soviet high school student Katya meets the German engineer Alexander, who came to the Soviet Union, the second protagonist of the film "Love at gunpoint." The actor who performed this role, of course, comes from a German-speaking state, but was later involved in another Russian project.
Between Katya and guests from Germany, a romantic relationship begins to develop. However, the hero suddenly leaves, without even saying goodbye to his Soviet beloved. It takes two years. The Second World War begins.
In 1943, life again confronts the heroes of the drama "Snipers: Love at gunpoint." The actors in the scenes of military battles and front-line everyday life played, according to the point of view of opponents of Roizman's picture, much worse. But the point here is not in their professional qualities, but rather in the absence of qualified historian consultants on the set.
Katya and Alexander are aces snipers, however they are on opposite sides of the front line. Once the Germans mine a power station, and the command of the Red Army orders to prevent its explosion at any cost. On both sides there are groups of snipers: the Soviet is led by the main character, and the German by her lover. They meet. And against the backdrop of terrible events, a great bright feeling is being revived, which, apparently, nothing can destroy. This is the plot of the movie "Snipers: Love at gunpoint."
Actors and roles (main characters)
The main role in this military drama was played by Tatyana Arntgolts. An artist from Austria - Wolfgang Czerny - played a German engineer in the film "Love at gunpoint." The actor was born in 1984 in Vienna. He was educated in the Austrian capital, graduated from the Conservatory of Arts, and here his career began. For several years he played on the stage of the Vienna Theater: Folk Theater. Then he moved to Munich. In 2014, Czerny starred in the movie War Correspondent, where he played a major role.
Other actors
Alexander Ustyugov, Yuri Nazarov, Svetlana Ustinova, Valeria Lanskaya, Dmitry Bykovsky-Romashov also played in the film.
Alexander Ustyugov is a popular Russian actor, but is removed mainly in series. Upon graduation, he became a member of the troupe of the Russian Youth Theater. Here Ustyugov works to this day. He played in such films as “Fathers and Sons”, “Saboteur”, “The End of the War”, “My Dear Man”, “The Return of Sinbad”. In 2016, Ustyugov played the role of the Red Army Moskalenko in the film "28 Panfilov".
Yuri Nazarov has played in more than two hundred films and series. Most of his works in cinema are supporting roles. However, the heroes of Nazarov are bright, memorable. One of the most famous characters is the father of the main character in the film Little Faith. The film debut of the outstanding artist took place in 1954. Nazarov also played in the films Andrei Rublev, The Code of dishonor, Simple Truths, Bayazet and many others.
Valeria Lanskaya played after graduation on the stage of Satyricon. The actress also collaborated with the theater. E. Vakhtangova. For more than seven years she was a member of the troupe of the Moon Theater. Since the early 2000s, Lanskaya starred in the movie. Played in such films as “Cadetism”, “Hare over the abyss”, “Princess of the circus”, “Rowan waltz”. Lanskaya is a leading actress of famous Russian musicals.