The Rainbow (1943)

(Raduga)

Country: USSR
Technical: bw 85m
Director: Mark Donskoï
Cast: Nathalie Oujvi, Nina Alissova, Elena Tiapkina

Synopsis:

A rainbow sighted in the Ukraine prefigures the liberation by partisans of a village at the mercy of German atrocities.

Review:

Uncompromising, persuasive cinema that goes for the heart via the stomach; a touch of poetry too.