About the film
In 1943 a Soviet tank driver is found alive inside a burned-out tank with burns over most of his body. He recovers almost overnight, remembers nothing of his life and claims he can hear the tanks speak.
He is given a new tank and a mission: find and destroy the White Tiger, a German tank that seems to come out of nowhere, destroy whole columns, and disappear.
Shakhnazarov's film is part war film, part mystical thriller. It was Russia's submission for the Oscars and is one of Mosfilm's most watched modern films.
Did you know?
- It was Russia's submission for the Academy Awards in 2013.
- Real restored tanks were used in the battle scenes.
- Karen Shakhnazarov has been the head of Mosfilm since 1998.
