The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.
Unfortunately the movie Men and Beasts is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Sergei Gerasimov | Director |
Writing | Tamara Makarova | Story |
Writing | Sergei Gerasimov | Writer |
Sound | Aram Khachaturyan | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Vladimir Rapoport | Director of Photography |
Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
Editing | Lidiya Zhuchkova | Editor |
Sound | Valentin Khlobynin | Sound |
Sound | Pavel Chekalov | Original Music Composer |
Costume & Make-Up | Mariam Bykhovskaya | Costume Design |
Art | Paul Lehmann | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Aleksey Smirnov | Makeup Artist |
Editing | Monika Behrendt | Assistant Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Lothar Stäglich | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Joachim Dittrich | Costume Design |
Sound | Werner Blaß | Sound |
Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
Camera | Lev Rogozin | Camera Operator |
Art | Boris Kuzovkin | Assistant Production Design |
Crew | Konstantin Alekseyev | Special Effects |
Art | Vadim Kornilyev | Assistant Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Anatoliy Ivanov | Makeup Artist |