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| | Russia Profile - Melancholy at the Movies (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Alexander Stolper's 1948 "Story of a Real Man," based on Boris Polevoy's novel of the same name, tells the true story of pilot Alexei Maresyev who, thanks to his courage and perseverance, survived against all odds after his plane was shot down by the Germans. |
 | | In Grigory Chukhrai's "Ballad of a Soldier" from 1959, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1962, the main character, the 19-year-old soldier Alyosha, takes a few days of leave as a reward for a heroic act at the front, after which he returns to the front lines. |
 | | Notably, Menshov's take on the Cinderella story, set in the Soviet Union of the 1950s and 1970s, was equally successful at home and abroad, winning an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. |
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