The Last Partisan<\/em>. That\u2019s on account of the fact that Leonid himself passed away during the making of this project. Aged 98!<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s a bit weird, when the movie jumps back and forth between the dramatisations and \u2018the present\u2019, as it was a couple of years ago. But overall it\u2019s actually both effective and powerful. And it certainly doesn\u2019t get in the way of this being a cracking good watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another slightly odd thing, especially given the bastardised title of the version I watched, is that both Berenshtein and The Last Partisan are not only better titles, but more accurately reflect the core content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The actual finding<\/em> of the V-2 rocket research and development location, which the Prime title implies is the core of the film, ends up hardly featuring at all. And, indeed, they don\u2019t actually find or liberate or destroy it; rather they deduce<\/em> it\u2019s location, triangulating it via its nigh on impenetrable Dede de cordon. And at the cost of numerous lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe bulk of the story is located in the Ukraine, which adds another level of historical irony, given how Berenshtein and his partisans were both Ukrainians and <\/em>Russians. Whereas now we are seeing those two identities at war, in the same beleaguered lands. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s also interesting seeing how the film – an Israeli production – handles both Nazi atrocities, and the dehumanising aspects of war on people, including Berenshtein himself, on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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