il film, girato nel 1971, opera seconda di Aleksej German fu messo sotto chiave fino al 1985, e solo allora è uscito in sala in Unione Sovietica, mai in Italia.
"mai dubitare" è la regola di tutte le dittature (e non solo), e dubitare ha un prezzo, ed è stato pagato tutto (il regista ha girato solo sei film dal 1969 al 2013, anno della morte).
il film è avvincente e interroga, Lazarev (il soldato che diserta dai tedeschi per unirsi ai soldati dell'armata rossa) viene sottoposto a prove sempre più difficili e rischiose.
penso che questo film sarebbe piaciuto a Fenoglio e a Levi, cercatelo e guardatelo, vale davvero molto - Ismaele
…Made
in 1971, and freely adapted from stories by German’s writer father Yuri, it
tells of former Red Army soldier Lazarev (Vladimir Zamanskii) who, after
defecting to the Nazis, switches his allegiance back to Mother Russia. He is
captured by the partisans and treated with great suspicion before being given
the chance to prove his loyalty through a series of operations against the
German occupiers.
What makes Trial
of the Road particularly
stand out is its hybridity, the way it successfully blends elements from both
popular and art cinema. While the film is chiefly concerned with exploring the
moral complexities of war – the terrible choices forced upon both soldiers and
civilians at a time of worldwide conflict – it also indulges in violent
spectacle through a series of action set pieces, climaxing in a raid on a Nazi
train depot in which the protagonist, having previously attempted suicide,
turns into something of a proto-Rambo figure, single-handedly machine-gunning
scores of Nazis…
…German’s first feature, Proverka na
dorogakh(Trial on the Road), was finally shot
in 1971; in retrospect it seems almost incredible that it was filmed at all.
Soviet, indeed, Russian identity since World War Two had been founded on that
bitterly won victory: the march to Berlin did more than any cult of personality
to legitimate Stalin’s rule. German’s film undermines the fable of unwavering
heroism and loyalty that sustained the self-perception of whole generations of
Soviet citizens...
…Inspired by a real case documented by Guerman’s father, Trial on the Road
tells the story of a sergeant in the Red Army during World War II who has
defected to the Nazis and, as the film begins, switches sides yet again. His
loyalties questioned by all except for a benevolent commander, the soldier is
forced to prove his patriotism via a series of increasingly perilous missions.
The visual flourishes of Trial on the Road’s battle scenes even attracted the
notice of some in Hollywood, but Guerman himself remains proudest of such
innovative touches as actors who gaze directly into the camera. For daring to
question the orthodoxy that World War II was a heroic struggle free of ironies
and ambiguities, the film was shelved for fifteen years.
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