Une jeunesse russe

SYNOPSIS

Aleksey is a naive country boy with dreams of glory who joins the Russian army in World War I only to be seriously injured in a gas attack. Blinded, he remains on the frontline by listening for enemy planes through giant metal funnels.
The First World War was a tragedy that triggered a series of severe tests for the Russian people: revolution, civil war, famine, political repression, the Second World War. And all this impacted on one generation. How did they find the courage and patience to survive all the upheavals of the 20th century? What was their character like? What were they thinking and feeling? The authors of the film A RUSSIAN YOUTH explored exactly these questions. The film tells the story of a simple village boy who goes to the front of the First World War with a naive juvenile dream of acquiring fame and medals. In the first battle, he loses his sight. He is left to serve as a listener – he must listen carefully through huge metal funnels and raise an alarm when enemy airplanes are approaching.