Stihove

The year is 1945, the end of the war is approaching, and the soldiers in the ranks of the Bulgarian army, fighting alongside the Red Army, no longer want to die in a conflict that is coming to an end. However, the war has not yet claimed its final toll - it is still necessary to confront the enemy. To the stagnant front, Soviet sniper Kolja arrives to help. A war-stricken Russian befriends a Bulgarian war correspondent and only with him and with a local little boy can he momentarily forget the horrors, death, and loneliness that he has been witnessing for years through the barrel of his rifle. The end of the war is near, but unfortunately, human innocence disappears along with it. The beautiful black-and-white camera is pleasing, but Burlyayev's melancholic acting performance was sometimes not completely believable. (14.11.2014)