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Les Nôtres

Original title: Svoi
  • 2004
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.4K
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Les Nôtres (2004)
ActionDramaWar

With the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide. An old man offers to help them because one of them, the sniper,... Read allWith the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide. An old man offers to help them because one of them, the sniper, is his son.With the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide. An old man offers to help them because one of them, the sniper, is his son.

  • Director
    • Dmitriy Meskhiev
  • Writer
    • Valentin Chernykh
  • Stars
    • Konstantin Khabensky
    • Sergey Garmash
    • Ben Perino
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dmitriy Meskhiev
    • Writer
      • Valentin Chernykh
    • Stars
      • Konstantin Khabensky
      • Sergey Garmash
      • Ben Perino
    • 8User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 18 wins & 18 nominations total

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    Konstantin Khabensky
    Konstantin Khabensky
    • Political Instructor
    • (as Konstantin Khabenskiy)
    Sergey Garmash
    Sergey Garmash
    • Security Officer
    Ben Perino
    • Tank Commander
    Mikhail Evlanov
    • Sniper
    Bogdan Stupka
    Bogdan Stupka
    • Old Man
    Natalya Surkova
    Natalya Surkova
    • Anna
    Anna Mikhalkova
    Anna Mikhalkova
    • Katerina
    Fedor Bondarchuk
    Fedor Bondarchuk
    • Polizmeister
    Sergei Dyachkov
    • Clerk at the Headquarters
    Aleksandr Polovtsev
    Aleksandr Polovtsev
    • Major at the Headquarters
    Anna Belova
    • Sister #1
    Oksana Glushkova
    • Sister #2
    Yuriy Zaytsev
    • Mishka the Polizei
    Sergey Kozik
    • Polizei
    Johannes Brand
    Torben Krämer
    • Franz
    Daniel Pries
    Marc Zeiss
    • Director
      • Dmitriy Meskhiev
    • Writer
      • Valentin Chernykh
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    10betancur

    The best Russian movie of 2004

    I'm sure 'Svoi' (or whatever it is in English) is the best Russian movie of 2004. Actually i wasn't ready for the impression this film would make on me. 2004 was a great year for the Russian cinematography, we had a lot of good movies but this one seems to be not as commercial and blockbuster-like as many of them. Khabenskiy is becoming a real star cause he is in almost every film shot last year. He's everywhere but i like him and think that it makes him just better as an actor. The very beginning of 'Svoi' is a bit confusing because of shots with the soldier head smashing by the tank. By the way the film is really naturally made. I mean you should be ready for some shocking moments. The movie itself is good because of Stupka, Garmash & Khabenskiy's acting, fantastic music and unusual photography. Watch it and you'll see why it's so good, so Russian.
    4cat-that-goes-by-himself

    Could have been a masterpiece with less nihilism and self-indulgence

    I would call this movie "anti-Zvezda". As "Zvezda" was the archetype of the brainless glorification of Russian patriotism, "Svoi" is a kind of archetypal self-indulging praise of the "slavic soul" (for lack of a better term).

    The 3 main protagonists are absolute anti-heroes, motivated only by instincts and urges, cunning rather than intelligent, emotional rather than rational, calculating rather than friendly. I felt like the director was patting the audience on the head, saying "see, I show us at our worst, but we're still a great people". A strange case of reverse-patriotism ?

    Don't get me wrong : I happen to like the Russian way of thinking myself (as far as a "foreigner" is supposedly able to grasp it :)), but here frankly I think the director went way over the top. The result is a heavily demagogic movie, wading in senseless chaos and human degradation with an all too obvious nihilistic pleasure.

    "Svoi" reminded me of the very disappointing sequel "nezavisimaia zhizn'" ("an independent life") of the excellent "zamri, umri, voskresni" (freeze, die, resurrect) from director Vitali Kanevski. I mean to say, "svoi" could have been a very good movie with a bit more finesse and some sense of proportions.

    Too bad, since the story in itself has a great potential, the director knows how to shoot powerful and beautiful scenes and the actors are really good. This made my disappointment only worse. But here again, I'm no Russian ;).
    9sergepesic

    Blood, Guts and Tears

    There is no war like one fighting on your land. When everything you know or hold dear is in danger, the loved ones, your home, the graves of the dearly departed. " Our Own" is a hard, uncompromising look at the Second World War, without embellishments of ideology, just sharp, focused description of the horrors and people who either live them or create them, or sometimes both. In the early days, in the summer of 1941, three soldiers escape from Germans and hide in the near by village, the home of one of them. There is no glory nor propaganda in this tale, just blood, guts and tears. And fear, thick and smelly,that eats the soul and dirties everything it touches. And it touches one and all, without mercy. Great movie.
    9mchenrykrm

    Great Film!

    As is typical of so many Russian made war films the acting and cinematography is outstanding and the depiction of Russian village life during the war is realistic,

    I tend to find the quality of these movies superior to what Hollywood puts out but then films of this nature might not click with the American public. The actors look like real people and the plots lack the melodrama and symbolism of too many American made films in general. Implying sex doesn't seem to be enough in the good old USA either but I think in this film it is handled quite well. We know what they are going to do and have done but rather than the overacted graphic stuff that appears to be required in US films, the act itself is left to the imagination.

    The plot centers on a group of three prisoners who escape the Germans during the first year of the German invasion. They hide out in a Russian village and struggle to survive in an area where the Germans are in control and friend or foe among peers is difficult to discern. From the Germans to the Russian village girls all of the actor's depictions are spot on. That's one of the things I love about these films.

    Extremely well done and to all involved in the film I say bravo!



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    7jherr

    Different type of WWII movie

    This is a WWII movie that deals more with the dilemma many people dealt with who lived in areas like Finland, the Baltics, Poland, the Ukraine, etc. Basically, they found themselves sandwiched between two totalitarian regimes. While some obviously saw the Nazis for what they were, to others, the Nazis where seen as liberators from Stalin's repressions. For instance, if your whole family had either been sent off to the gulags or starved to death due to Stalin's collectivization of agriculture, anybody who would free you from the people who perpetrated that sort of evil had to seem like saviors.

    Best I could tell, the movie takes place either in present day Finland or the Karelia region of Russia. One of the characters in the movie is referred to as a Chekist. To those who may not be polished on their early soviet history, the Cheka was the predecessor of the NKVD. Actually by the 40's, the Cheka had already been incorporated into the NKVD. Anyway, this is an important fact to know to understand the relationship between two of the characters in the movie and why they distrust each other.

    If you have seen the Finnish film Kukushka and liked it, you will likely also enjoy this film.

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    • Trivia
      Tank PzKpfw38 (t), who took part in the shooting of the episode of German attack on the village, can be seen in the exposition and on the website of the Military Historical Museum of Armored Weapons and Equipment in Kubinka.
    • Goofs
      A modern sniper scope from the carbine Tiger is mysteriously installed on the Mosin rifle.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Pro lyudey i pro voynu: Svoyi (2021)

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    • Release date
      • November 11, 2004 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Our Own
    • Production company
      • Slovo
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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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