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Meeting on the Elbe streaming

Original title: Встреча на Эльбе

1949 Movie Indonesia War, Drama 97 min 12

By: Grigori Aleksandrov, Grigoriy Aleksandrov With: Любовь Орлова, Михаил Названов, Лидия Сухаревская, Konstantin Nassonov, Владлен Давыдов

After the historic April 1945 meeting at the Elbe River in enemy Germany of the allied US and USSR troops, things go sour, the Americans reject Russian friendship,and begin to reinstall the Fascists in their new ally of West Germany.

Filmium rating

61%

Mood

Hopeful

Patriotic

Serious

Cast & Crew

Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Grigori Aleksandrov

Leonid Tur

Lev Sheynin

Pyotr Tur

Фаина Раневская

Борис Андреев

Михаил Названов

Boris Andreyev

Эраст Гарин

Лидия Сухаревская

Владимир Таскин

Vladlen Davydov

Konstantin Nassonov

Владлен Давыдов

Любовь Орлова

Владимир Владиславский

Иван Любезнов

Love Orlova

Mikhail Nazvanov

Budget

Mid-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Black And White

Documentary-Style

Studio-Shot

Narrative Structure

Historical Recount

Linear

Pace

Dialogue-Driven

Slow-Paced

Runtime

Feature-Length

Soundtrack

Dmitri Shostakovich

Orchestral Score

Style

Cinematic

Historical

Realistic

Time-Period

1940S

World War Ii

Central Conflict

Cold War Onset

Nazi Threat

Soviet-American Cooperation

Characters

American Major Hill

German Mayor

Nazi Conspirators

Soviet Major Kuzmin

Ending

Ambiguous

Symbolic Destruction

Tensions Unresolved

Historical Context

Cold War Beginnings

End Of Wwii

Post-War Occupation

Key Plot Points

Bridge Destruction

Hill'S Demotion

Meeting At The Elbe

Nazi Conspiracy Uncovered

Plot

German Town Divided

Post-War Meeting

Soviet-American Relations

Setting

Elbe River

German Town Altenstadt

Occupied Germany

Shooting Location

Elbe River

Germany

Theme

Cold War Tensions

Espionage

Post-War Reconciliation

Genre

Historical Drama

War

Audiences

Adults

History Enthusiasts

Patriotic Viewers

Titles

Meeting On The Elbe

Production Countries

Soviet Union

Release Year

1949

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