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The $10m project was screened as a work-in-progress at Toronto.

Russian produciton and sales company outfit Mars Media has closed a number of eye-catching deals on Aleksey Sidorov’s $10m Second World War epic T-34. German rights have been taken by Tiberius while Dutch Filmworks has swooped for Benelux rights to the film. Garsu has taken Baltic rights.

The deals follow Mars Media’s buyer-only screening of a work-in-progress cut earlier this month at Tiff. T-34 is being touted as the biggest Russian war movie since Fedor Bondarchuk’s Stalingrad in 2013.

The film, due to be released in Russia in late December by Central Partnership,...

Thanks to our friends at First Showing we have the first trailer for Russian war film T34. And, wow, it looks gorgeous and epic. It's also based on a true story.

In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

T-34 is written & directed by Russian filmmaker Aleksey Sidorov and produced by Len Blavatnik, executive producer on Hacksaw Ridge, Silence, and I, Tonya.

Check out the trailer below:...

"From now on, I'm your tank leader." Lock & load, it's time for another tank movie! An official trailer has debuted for a new WWII tank movie titled T-34, a Russian movie directed by filmmaker Alexey Sidorov. The story tells of a courageous group of Russian soldiers who manage to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. The footage shown in the trailer covers their time in captivity and their escape. Starring Alexander Petrov, Vinzenz Kiefer, Irina Starshenbaum. This trailer is, of course, in Russian but includes English subtitles, in hopes that it might find a big international audience considering it looks like an awesome WWII action thriller. We'll be keeping an eye out for this movie's release worldwide. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Aleksey Sidorov's T-34, direct from YouTube (via Deadline): Short synopsis for T-34: In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers...

Russian helmer Aleksey Sidorov first came to our attention here with his slick boxing themed crime thriller Shadowboxing several years back. He was clearly a director looking to create large scale entertainment with the technical chops to do exactly that and he's coming back with super glossy tank warfare picture T-34. Set during World War II along the German / Russian battle lines - fertile ground for Russian filmmakers these past several years - it pits a Russian T-34 tank crew against the German invaders and the production values here are fantastic. Take a look at the trailer below!...

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