A bitter anti-Nazi film, "The Rainbow" details the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.A bitter anti-Nazi film, "The Rainbow" details the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.A bitter anti-Nazi film, "The Rainbow" details the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Olena Kostyuk
- (as N. Uzhviy)
- Pusya
- (as N. Alisova)
- Feodosya
- (as E. Tyapkina)
- Olga
- (as V. Ivasheva)
- Grandfather Evdokim Okhabko
- (as A. Dunayskiy)
- Malyuchikha
- (as A. Lisyanskaya)
- Captain Kurt Werner
- (as G. Klering)
- Gaplik
- (as N. Braterskiy)
- Lt. Kravchenko
- (as V. Chobur)
- Mishka, Malyuchikha's child
- (as Vitya Vinogradov)
- Malyuchikha's child
- (as Emma Perelshteyn)
- Malyuchikha's child
- (as Vova Ponomaryov)
- German soldier
- (uncredited)
- Grokhachikha
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- Quotes
Captain Kurt Werner: [aiming pistol at a baby] Well, show who you are: Bolshevist bitch or mather?
Olena Kostyuk: I am the mother.
Captain Kurt Werner: Well then, you'll tell where they
[partisans]
Captain Kurt Werner: are.
Olena Kostyuk: I will tell nothing.
Captain Kurt Werner: Do you have only one child?
Olena Kostyuk: No.
Captain Kurt Werner: How? Do you have another kids? Sons or daughters?
Olena Kostyuk: Sons. They all are sons. There, in the forest... And beyond the forest... Sons.
[Kurt shoots]
The script is so childish you think it was meant for 5-year-olds or maybe for a village public that had never seen a motion picture in their life. The only moments my resigned boredom was interrupted was when one or two points where naivety touched comical levels caused amused giggles among the public (including me).
The director, Mark Donskoy, has shot The Childhood of Maxim Gorky and The horse that Cried, which, although not special, are passable movies. But here he has really touched bottom.
- enaskitis-1
- Feb 11, 2014
Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1