History Film / Bastards

'''''Bastards''''' (Russian: Сволочи, Svolochi) is a 2006 action-adventure film. A Russian project directed by Aleksandr Atanesyan, its story-line centers around a group of teenage convicts that the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion, facing desperate straits during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, trains for an important guerrilla mission. The young men face difficult challenges both in getting ready and also when finally heading into the treacherous mountains in which the German facility that they must destroy awaits. For all of their status as nobodies, the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Russian military]] is counting on them.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Critics and regular viewers alike have condemned the film's depiction of Soviet teenagers, below the age of being able to be legal combatants, getting enlisted in the war. In fact, the misuse of young people in the war is prominently associated with ''Nazi Germany'', the Soviet regime's nemesis, such as with the infamous Hitler Youth.
** Its advertising campaign claimed it was based on real, historical accounts, but after criticism the director and screenwriter confessed that the plot was mere fiction.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Given the tougher than tough circumstances, this is essentially the only thing keeping the protagonists going.

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'''''Bastards''''' (Russian: Сволочи, Svolochi) is a 2006 action-adventure film. A Russian project directed by Aleksandr Atanesyan, its story-line centers around a group of teenage convicts that the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion, facing desperate straits during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, trains for an important guerrilla mission. The young men face difficult challenges both in training and when finally heading into the treacherous mountains where the German facility that they must destroy awaits. For all of their status as nobodies, the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Russian military]] is counting on them.

Actors in the film include Dmitriy Gorevoy, son of prominent Russian character actor Creator/MikhailGorevoy. In comparison to other Russian films, ''Bastards'' attracted some international attention due to its subject material, the controversy about its alleged historical accuracy, and its winning of the MTV Russian Movie Awards in 2007.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Critics and regular viewers alike have condemned the film's depiction of Soviet teenagers, below the age of being able to be legal combatants, getting enlisted in the war. In fact, the misuse of young people in war is prominently associated with ''Nazi Germany'', the Soviet regime's nemesis, such as with the infamous Hitler Youth.

Actors in the film include Dmitriy Gorevoy, son of prominent Russian character actor Creator/MikhailGorevoy. In comparison to other Russian films, ''Bastards'' attracted some international attention due to its subject material, the controversy about its alleged historical accuracy,[[Note]]Its advertising campaign claimed it was based on real accounts, but after criticism the director confessed the plot was mere fiction.[[/Note]] and its winning of the MTV Russian Movie Awards in 2007.

** The director and screenwriter have acknowledged that the story-line was entirely fictional.

Actors in the film include Dmitriy Gorevoy, son of prominent Russian character actor Creator/MikhailGorevoy. In comparison to other Russian films, ''Bastards'' attracted some international attention due to its subject material, the controversy about its alleged historical accuracy, and its winning of the MTV Russian Movie Awards in 2007.

'''''Bastards''''' (Russian: Сволочи, Svolochi) is a 2006 action-adventure film. A Russian project directed by Aleksandr Atanesyan, its story-line centers around a group of teenage convicts that the Soviet Union, facing desperate straits during WorldWarII, trains for an important guerrilla mission. The young men face difficult challenges both in training and when finally heading into the treacherous mountains where the German facility that they must destroy awaits.

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