
Overview
The November Revolution of 1918 in Germany, famine and social upheaval evoke a response from the young Soviet government in Russia. To provide food assistance, trains with bread are being formed. One of them, on the personal instructions of V.I. Lenin is accompanied by the young revolutionary Tatyana . On the way, she meets a former German prisoner of war, Kurt . A romantic relationship arises between them. The train with bread, despite all the difficulties, was delivered. In a clash with a detachment of counter-revolutionary German troops, Tatyana was wounded. She returns to Moscow, and Kurt goes to Berlin to continue the revolutionary struggle.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Aleksandr Mnatsakanyan
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Eduard Rozovsky
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Edith GorrishWriter
- Mikhail BleimanWriter
- Original title
- Schwarzer Zwieback
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 15, 1972
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Soviet Union



































