At War as at War

At War as at War (Russian: На войне как на войне) is a 1969 Soviet World War II film about the combat routine of a self-propelled gun crew during the liberation of Right-Bank Ukraine in 1944. Directed and written by Viktor Tregubovich. Byankin How many songs were composed during this war... Domeshek One of us was killed too when we were surrounded. By a bag of pea puree. They dropped it from a plane... to the spot! At war as at war. Dialogue Shcherbak: Well, we have a commander... We'll have enough with him. Byankin: My first one was the same. And now he commands a regiment. Shcherbak: I also had a commander... a good guy, a kind-hearted person. He would line us up and start cursing us with various expressive words. And at the end he would add: "When I quit drinking, I'll coming for you!" Byankin: Did he drink a lot? Shcherbak: No more than others. He just had a saying like that. [Domeshek twirls a can of stew in his hands] Maleshkin: No, no! An emergency supply! Domeshek: Comrade lieutenant... Maleshkin: Banned by regulations! Byankin: Eh, lieutenant! You never know, they'll kill us, so why let it go to waste? Shcherbak: And if they don't, we'll manage somehow. Byankin: [prepares to open the can] Well, lieutenant? Maleshkin: Well, come on! [Maleshkin approaches a group of fellow officers] Lt. Cheginichka: The big boss is coming... [loudly reporting to Maleshkin] Comrade Corps General! The regiment is ready to march in full force! Maleshkin: [in a menacing General's voice] Adjust your headdress, you slob!!! At ease!!! [Domeshek educates infantrymen] Domeshek: Hello, comrade soldiers! Congratulations on your arrival to the glorious crew of Guards Junior Lieutenant Maleshkin! What, have you forgotten how to respond? When the commander greets you in the ranks, you must express your admiration and elation. And how does a soldier express his elation? He expresses it with a loud triple "hurray"! Shcherbak: (in a low voice) It's good that you were kicked out of the officer school. You should have skinned the soldiers five times. Cast Mikhail Kononov as 2nd Lt. Alexander Alexandrovich Maleshkin Oleg Borisov as Sgt. Mikhail Domeshek Victor Pavlov as Starshina Grigory Shcherbak Fyodor Odinokov as Gefreiter Osip Byankin Boris Tabarovsky as Lt. Bezzubtsev Mikhail Gluzsky as Col. Dey Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Timofei Vasilievich Ovsyannikov Valentin Zubkov as Col. Basov Boris Arakelov as 2nd Lt. Cheginichka German Kolushkin as Lt. Pavel Telenkov Pyotr Gorin as Cpt. Sergachyov Boris Sichkin as Sr. Lt. Selivanov Yuriy Dubrovin as private Gromykhalo External links 0063333 Category:1969 films Category:Foreign language films Category:Soviet films Category:Drama films Category:War films Category:Military comedy films