880-01 Tatiana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov. Title from title frame. Based on the play Vechno zhivye by Viktor Rozov. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: new interview with scholar Ian Christie on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinema; audio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail Kalatozov; Hurricane Kalatozov, a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director's complex relationship with the Soviet government; segment from a 2008 program about the film's cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with actor Alexei Batalov; interview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film's French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival; an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara.
Summary:
Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love, until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. Boris is sent to the front lines, and then communication stops.
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