Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.
Acting
Paul Muni's sweaty, theatrical intensity carries every scene.
Direction
Korda turns one room into a pressure cooker of shifting power.
Director
Zoltan Korda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released while the USSR was still America's ally, this is peak 'comrade cinema' before the Cold War made such sympathy unthinkable.
Paul Muni famously researched his role by interviewing actual Soviet officers — method acting meets wartime PR.
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