What is T-34?
The T-34 is a tank, a medium tank designed by Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin, a designer at the Comintern factory in Kharkov, Soviet Union, before World War II.
The tank has a total combat weight of 32 tons, an engine power of 500 horsepower, a maximum road speed of 75 kilometers per hour, and a maximum travel of 400 kilometers. It is equipped with a 76mm tank gun, and later replaced by a more powerful 85mm gun A tank with outstanding firepower, protection and mobility.
From the 1940s to the 1950s, the Soviet Union produced a total of 84,070 T-34 series tanks, which were the largest tank type produced by the Soviet Union during the Soviet-German War, far exceeding the sum of all German tank models. At the same time, due to its comprehensive performance, Overall superiority in terms of maintenance and production capacity, the T-34 tank became a guarantee of victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. At the same time, the design concepts of the T-34, such as the bulletproof design of the inclined armor, still have far-reaching significance for the development of subsequent tanks to this day.
In any World War II weapons list, the name of T-34 will definitely be found.
So since this Russian film chose T-34 as the title, it is natural that T-34 is the well-deserved protagonist of the film.
Well, to correct a little, there are also a few heroic Soviet Red Army fighters, T-34 tankers.
The film is divided into two parts.
The first half hour is about the suburbs of Moscow in 1941. The protagonist Nikolay Ivushkin made his debut. He drove a T-34 tank and cooperated with his comrades to take advantage of the favorable terrain conditions such as the village to annihilate an entire German tank company in one fell swoop. In the end, outnumbered, the car was destroyed and captured.
The next hour and a half is the main part of the film. Nikolai, who has been locked in a prisoner of war camp for three years, got a precious opportunity by chance, led a T-34 tank captured by the German army, and took advantage of the opportunity to pretend to be a German target vehicle, cleverly dealt with it, bravely, and finally defeated The old enemy of the German army, the legendary experience of escaping from the devil's lair.
The film is very Russian, or very Soviet.
As we all know, Russia, dubbed as a fighting nation by people all over the world, has always been famous for its ferocity and unparalleled bravery. Correspondingly, even their film works, whether in the former Soviet Union or later in Russia, always have the fixed labels of thick, pathetic, tough, and masculine, such as the famous "Liberation", "The Ninth Company", "Storm of the Storm". Door" (see my book, Fighting is not a home! A tactical discussion on "Gate of the Storm"). This is not a simple facialization, but a manifestation of the national character of a country.
T-34 is no exception, not to mention that it was shot in the background of the most magnificent and bloody Soviet-German battlefield in World War II, and the protagonist was a tank. We can see the exciting tank battles, the camaraderie of blood thicker than water, not only the big scenes of artillery fire, but also the warm and heartwarming love episodes, but for me, the most touching thing is such a detail .
When the Soviet prisoners of war in the concentration camp finally agreed to the request of the German officers and became the target vehicle, their first task was to repair the T-34 tank, which was severely damaged in the previous battle, the smoky body and the bloody cabin. , including their comrades in arms who are not resting, are stimulating their anger all the time. However, when they unexpectedly and pleasantly discovered that there were actually six shells in the tank's bomb bay that were forgotten due to the negligence of the Germans, this simple anger turned into a strong desire to survive. What could be better than a fire-breathing monster What about better weapons to break out of the walls and barbed wire of concentration camps?
When they finally finished their repairs and needed to show the enemy that they could serve as a target vehicle, morale-boosted Soviet Red Army tankers galloped through the range in this almost-new tank, advancing and retreating freely, with rolling tracks and high muzzles. , the background music that sounded at this time was the famous Russian ballet opera "Swan Lake". The slightly pathetic music matched the angry roars of the four tankers in the car. Soft, sincere. Although advancing according to the plot here is not the climax of the film, for the audience, it injects new elements into the war film under traditional thinking, which is even more impressive.
The film was publicly released on December 27, 2018. In fact, a work of the same name had already appeared on the big screen as early as 1965, so it is also a remake in a strict sense. So after so many years, what's different about the new work? Of course! With the double upgrade of technology and capital, the texture of the whole picture of the new version of "T-34" is very delicate, and many scenes have a visual effect of oil painting, whether it is the richness of colors or the diversification of shooting angles, not to mention the same as before Compared with the Soviet works, it is a great improvement, even compared with the Russian films that struggled in previous years, the improvement in the quality of the films is obvious to all. In particular, a large number of slow-motion motions are used to show the whole process of projectile launch, flight, penetration and explosion. The sparks flying around, the hissing sound, and the frame-by-frame pictures of squeezing and deformation have brought the audience a great feeling. Very addictive sensory enjoyment.
There is also a detail that I like very much. In the film, when shooting the plot of the interior of the tank, a large number of low-angle shots are often used. Such a slightly deformed method highlights the cramped and narrow interior of the tank. It is difficult to suppress with the tank soldiers, the hoarse muttering and even howling, the harsh mechanical friction and impact, more strongly embodies the cruelty of war and the distortion of human nature under this cruelty.
At the end of the film, facing the severely wounded German tank commander, the director's handling was slightly different from that of the previous Soviet films. He didn't take the gun for granted, but he hesitated for a moment and stretched out a hand. In the end, it failed to save the fate of the German tanker's demise, but this approach launched an indictment of war crimes from a deeper perspective. Originally, they cherished each other, but in the end they could only fight against each other on the battlefield. Why don't you live and die? Isn't it helpless?
A few years ago, there was a Hollywood film, starring Brad Pitt, a war movie, also with a tank as the protagonist, called "Fury", which is also a rare masterpiece. If you put these two movies together to enjoy together, look at the T-34 together with the M4 Sherman, and the Black Panther mix and match the tiger style, it must also have a different taste.
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