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The Russian Army-up close and personal. The first time a foreign television production has been allowed extensive and long-term access. The film follows conscripts drafted as a cheap alternative to the professional army Russia cannot afford. For two years, recruits are sucked into a highly ritualized and hierarchical system of barrack room fagging, brutality and humiliation called "dedovshchina" ("the rule of the grandfathers"). They emerge fundamentally changed. Junior and senior officers are seen struggling against seemingly endless woes in an army starved of basic resources. Though most maintain a grim humour, the results are shocking and sad.

United Kingdom / Russia - 2001 - 1 h 17 mn - Betacam SP • 16/9 - Colour

Réalisation Paul Jenkins Image Andrei Erastov Son Andrei Erastov Montage Ian Mellor

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