One of the greatest movies I ever seen

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2015)

First of all: this is not a piece of propaganda, at least no more than thousands of bad popcorn-American-hero-films of Hollywood.
Second: this movie isn't for the faint-hearted; the film includes several scenes of tension and incredible well done FX, and scenes where the most crude human nature emerges to mesmerize us.
I find myself empathizing with the main character, Flyora, after the first half hour (by the way, the movie starts in a strange way for the western audience, but don't be fooled; soon the movie starts to make you revolve around your chair); this movie manages very well to show you the real life of a peasant boy in the Soviet Union, the trivial and the transcendental moments as seen by the young, both Flyora and Glasha. Scenes of tenderness and sadism are well blended.
There is no caricatures, not for the soviets, not for the Nazis. There is no "we are the best army in the world" message (as many American films do), but a delicate patriotic message.
If you want to spend two hours watching something unusual but yet very touching, please watch this piece. You will not be disappointed.