They are so different ... In the rating of "Best War Films" the work of Steven Spielberg occupies an honorable place. This is a touching “Schindler's List” and a large-scale project “Saving Private Ryan.”
Three Oscars for these paintings rightfully belong to the Hollywood master. Liam Neeson played the manufacturer Schindler (more than a thousand representatives of the Jewish nation owe him his life). Ralph Fiennes has become such a reliable "terry" fanatic fascist Amon Goethe that this hero takes 15th place among the hundreds of the most notorious cinematic villains. And Tom Hanks and the entire cast of Saving Private Ryan, the intense scenes and camera work made the tape a masterpiece. The best war films are not necessarily showing the ghetto and the fate of Jews (“The Pianist,” “Life is Beautiful”) or battle scenes (the epic “Liberation”, “Hot Snow”). The topic can be revealed in a completely different way. Wonderful comedy with a heroic bias of Gerard Uri's "Big Walk" allowed to look at many things with humor. There are paintings in which the main is the love line. This, for example, "Waterloo Bridge" and the Hollywood legend "Gone with the Wind." Vivien Leigh shone in both.
Legends of the Soviet hire
The best war films (Russian) are a separate story. The piercing works of Leonid Bykov “One old people” and “Aty-bats, soldiers went ...” are being reviewed and sincerely loved by generations. They cannot be watched without tears. Great merit in the uniqueness of these films of Leonid himself (he necessarily starred in the films he directed) and his like-minded artists.
Stanislav Rostotsky filmed a book by Boris Vasiliev (the story "... And the Dawns Here Are Quiet"). And he created a brilliant thing. She takes 10th place among the leaders of the Soviet hire. Andrei Martynov, still a very young man, managed to transform into a thorough and experienced Fedot Vaskov. Olga Ostroumova,
Irina Shevchuk, Elena Drapeko - their acting life was just beginning, but they could be reliable! Irina Dolganova, who played Sonya Gurvich, did not appear on the screen anymore. And Ekaterina Markova (yesterday’s orphanage Galina Chetvertak) is primarily a writer (this is hereditary, she is the daughter of
Georgy Markov). The best war films of the Soviet era are, of course, “Cranes Are Flying,” “The House I Live in,” “The Ballad of a Soldier,” filmed in the late 1950s, but which have not lost their relevance to this day.
For all time
In the list of “Best War Films”, 2013 was added by Stalingrad by Fyodor Bondarchuk. One of the best actors of the new generation (and one of the favorite performers of the director) Peter Fedorov starred in it . Everyone knows the story of the famous house, which was defended in Stalingrad by Novgorodian Yakov Pavlov. "Stalingrad" is a variation on this subject. Fedorov played such Pavlov (in Bondarchuk’s project this is Captain Gromov). The German Thomas Kretschman embodied the image of an extraordinary fascist (antagonist Gromov). Each has its own truth, its own reasons. One needs to maintain a position, the other - to break the resistance and destroy a handful of Soviet soldiers who are seated in the house. The character of Maria Smolnikova (a young Stalingrad Katya, the only survivor of the bombing and not leaving her native walls) makes a special note in the story. Phantasmagoric scenery and impressive special effects complement the picture.
The best war movies are movies of all time. Many of them look very painful, but it is necessary. In order not to forget ...