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Director Herbert Rappaport

Writer Edith Gorrish (Writer), Mikhail Bleiman (Writer)

Original Title Schwarzer Zwieback

Release Date March 15, 1972

Runtime 84 min (1h 24m)

Country East Germany, Soviet Union

Language DE

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme • Lenfilm

Black Rusks (1972)

Name: Black Rusks
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972-03-15
Rating: 4.0

Directed by Herbert Rappaport

• Written by Edith Gorrish , Mikhail Bleiman

⭐ 4.0 / 5 (2 votes) ⏱️ 84 min 🎬 Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

2 ratings

0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

The November Revolution of 1918 in Germany, famine and social upheaval evoke a response from the young Soviet government in Russia. To provide food assistance, trains with bread are being formed. One of them, on the personal instructions of V.I. Lenin is accompanied by the young revolutionary Tatyana . On the way, she meets a former German prisoner of war, Kurt . A romantic relationship arises between them. The train with bread, despite all the difficulties, was delivered. In a clash with a detachment of counter-revolutionary German troops, Tatyana was wounded. She returns to Moscow, and Kurt goes to Berlin to continue the revolutionary struggle.