“Battle for Sevastopol”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Historically speaking, the movie revolves around the events of the siege of Odessa and the siege of Sevastopol.

The film is directed by Sergey Mokritskiy and stars Yulia Peresild as Pavlichenko. In addition to Beijing, where Peresild was awarded Best Actress award, the film has also appeared at Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

The film opens and closes with post-war scenes from the perspective of Eleanor Roosevelt (Joan Blackham) as she visits the protagonist Lyudmila Pavlichenko (Yulia Peresild) during the former first lady's 1957 trip to the Soviet Union. Pavlichenko's story is told through flashbacks to 1942 when Pavlichenko toured the United States with Roosevelt, and further flashbacks to Pavlichenko's experiences in the Soviet Union. After the German invasion of the USSR, university student Pavlichenko becomes a sniper in the 25th Rifle Division. She fights in the Battle of Odessa and, eventually, the defense of Sevastopol. After 309 confirmed kills, she is sent to the United States to campaign for American support. Eleanor Roosevelt invites her to the White House, and the two become friends.

In 1941, Lyudmila is a student who has just passed the entrance exams for a prestigious university; to celebrate, she goes to a shooting range with her friends including a female classmate named Masha. She scores exceptionally well, despite the fact that she has never fired a weapon. At home, her father shows no pride in her, having desired a son who could become a soldier. In a twist of events, her perfect shooting results at the range eventually result in the Red Army contacting her to enter a sharpshooting program, as Germany has just invaded the Soviet Union. Though a Jewish doctor courting her, Boris, tells her she should stay with him, she rejects what she perceives as his cowardice and leaves to fight on the Eastern Front.

During training, Lyudmila proves herself to be an excellent sniper. Eventually is partnered with a grizzled veteran named Makarov, who she falls in love with. He doesn't return her affections, however, and explains that he lost his family when the Germans invaded. She is also reunited with Masha, who is now a nurse engaged with a young pilot. While defending the city of Odessa, she is injured and Makarov drags her to safety to a local hospital, where Boris has volunteered as a military doctor. After awakening, Lyudmila manages to get Boris to sign her papers so that she can return to the frontlines, but finds out that Makarov has died in battle and the Soviets are retreating to Sevastopol.

She is paired with another sniper, Leonid, and begins to show signs of trauma. She begins to wound enemy soldiers to watch them suffer, to her new partner's horror. Despite a rough start to the relationship, the two eventually develop a close romance. Masha, now a nurse on the frontline, invites them to her wedding with the young pilot, but at the wedding reveals that her fiance had died, leaving her alone. This leads Lyudmila to tell Leonid privately that she wants a son.

While on patrol in a field, Leonid steps on a mine that triggers a flare. Immediately, artillery shells begin to pummel the field, and Leonid shelters her from them with his body. Lyudmila again wakes up in a hospital, where Boris tells her Leonid had perished in the field. Though wounded and exhausted, she is ordered to kill a top enemy sniper for propaganda purposes. The duel takes an entire day, and, tired of waiting, Lyudmila steps out of cover, exposing herself completely. She is shot, but manages to pinpoint the enemy sniper's location and kills him.

Boris eventually is able to pull her away from battle. As Sevastopol is being evacuated, Boris carries a broken and traumatized Lyudmila to a submarine that is evacuating the city. As panicked civilians attempt to board evacuating ships, Lyudmila realizes that Boris isn't coming with her, as he gave her his own papers to leave the city. A voiceover by Eleanor Roosevelt reveals that Boris, Masha, and countless civilians and soldiers died defending the city from the Germans. Her military record makes her a vital propaganda tool for the Soviets, who parade her around the world to collect funds for the fight against fascism. She attempts to embrace her femininity by wearing a skirt during a speech, a gift from Roosevelt. Though the propaganda minister on tour with her forces her to change back in to a uniform, she eventually makes a vital impression on the largely male crowd, asking, "Don't you think, gentlemen, that you have been hiding behind my back for too long?" After the speech, she is approached by American folk singer Woody Guthrie , who eventually writes a song based on her exploits.

Roosevelt later visits Lyudmila after the war in Moscow, during the aforementioned 1957 trip. The two attend the opera together with Lyudmila's son.

Production

The filming began in 2012 after the first archive material devoted to Pavlichenko was examined. Serhiy Mokrytskyi, who is better known as a cinematographer, served as director; after his arrival, the plot was altered to more closely match Pavlichenko's life. During production, there was concern of the growing political tension between Russia and Ukraine.

However, the film was successfully released in both countries on the same day, in each country's own respective language.

Box office

The movie grossed RUB 435,468,256 ($8,702,274) in the Russian box office against a budget of RUB 124,000,000 and hence was a commercial success.^[4]

References

1. ^[King, Gilbert (February 21, 2013). "Eleanor Roosevelt and the Soviet Sniper". Smithsonian. Retrieved 14 December 2016.]
2. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4084744/releaseinfo Bitva za Sevastopol (2015) - Release Info]
3. ^'Battle for Sevastopol' sold into Asia
4. ^https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/742026/

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