How to evaluate the movie "Ghost Chariot t34" of the former Soviet Union?

Movies of the former Soviet Union are generally called ghost chariot T-34 by domestic audiences, originally known as Фавороноккоокооко?.

Ghost chariot T-34 was nominated for the Palme d 'Or Award in the18th Cannes Film Festival. However, the film's fame does not come from the macro description of the Soviet-German battlefield scene in World War II like other war films, but from the micro perspective, it depicts several Soviet prisoners of war who are unwilling to wait for death in the prison camp, and finally tries their best to escape from the anti-tank gun experimental field with the target tank. This theme of seeing the big from the small can actually arouse the recognition and voice of the audience.

Although this film is an old black-and-white film, and the story is a conventional war hero theme, its victory lies in its excellent fluency and sense of rhythm, careless editing and various lens applications, which fully shows the tension and fierceness in the battle. In particular, the classic two-gun transition in the film is very experimental and innovative, and at the same time demonstrates a variety of tank soldiers' operating methods, which is very realistic.

The film as a whole exudes the simplicity and deep beauty of the Russian land. In the film, there are endless wheat fields, beautiful farms with "wind blowing grass and low cattle and sheep", birch forests standing tall and straight in the sun, and streams in the forests flowing in the mottled sunshine exposed in the shade. However, in the film, these comfortable rural scenery is disturbed again and again by the ugliness of war: under the urgent pursuit of Nazi soldiers and military dogs, Soviet prisoners of war have no interest in tasting the freshness of birch forests, and Soviet women in occupied areas who are forced to work under the supervision of guards will not have joy in harvest years. This strong contrast really sets off the heavy atmosphere of the film and paves the way for the emergence of heroes.

The only regret is that in order to pass the film censorship department of the former Soviet Union, the film pursues freedom and liberation for the prisoners of war heroes in the film, and unfortunately there are many stylized things. For example, the characters in the film can be seated accordingly: Misha, the captain of the tank, is like a standard political commissar, who is determined from beginning to end and leads other prisoners of war to freedom together;

The French repairman prisoner is like a progressive outside the party and Misha's assistant, but he never takes candid photos and is called the first green leaf. As for the other two Soviet prisoners, their transformation from timid escape to courage to fight finally reflects the effect of patriotic education among ordinary soldiers in the Soviet Union to some extent. In particular, the ending excessively raises the image of Soviet soldiers and belittles German soldiers, which weakens the artistry of the film to some extent.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that this film ushered in a remake last year. It is widely used in battle scenes and special effects, but its narrative is slightly weak, but it is also a good gift for fans who like old movies.