White Tiger (2012) ( Belyy tigr )

White Tiger (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Belyy tigr
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Russian ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Russia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Karen Shakhnazarov

Written By:
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Karen Shakhnazarov

Actors:
Aleksey Vertkov ..... Naydenov
Vitaliy Kishchenko ..... Fedotov
Valeriy Grishko ..... Zhukov
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov ..... Smirn
Gerasim Arkhipov ..... Sharipov
Aleksandr Vakhov ..... Kryuk
Vitaliy Dordzhiev ..... Berdyev
Vladimir Ilin ..... Nachalnik gospitalya
Karl Kranzkowski ..... Gitl
Christian Redl ..... Keyt
Klaus Grünberg ..... Shtum
Vilmar Bieri ..... Fridebu
Dirk Martens ..... Nemetskiy tankist
Michael Schenk ..... Nemetskiy ofits
V. Chankin

Synopsis:

Set at the fierce height of the conflict in WW2, amidst the brutal winter of the Eastern Front, a war-ravaged hero sets out on a perilous mission to confront the legendary White Tiger. After barely surviving a battle with the mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank that has devastated the artillery corps under his command, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with the war-machine's destruction. This leads to an epic chase, culminating in a series of explosive, frenzied skirmishes across the once-majestic Russian landscape in an effort to destroy this seemingly indestructible symbol of Nazi oppression.

The Second World War is in its last stages. A Red Army unit comes across the charred remains of a tank battle, including a burned-out Soviet tank and its occupants. Initially believing the tank driver to be dead, they discover he is alive even though he has suffered burns on 90% of his body. The tankist survives, but cannot remember his name or any part of his past. Despite his wounds, he heals completely. Neither his doctors nor his military superiors can explain his full recovery and refer to his condition as 'a rare case of retrograde amnesia.' The tank driver is renamed Ivan Naidenov and sent back to the front for, as his superiors note, 'warriors do not need a memory.' Back at the front, Naidenov (played by Aleksei Vertkov) reveals he has powers beyond healing: he can hear what tanks say and use this information to determine what happened in battle. Moreover, Naidenov affirms rumors circulating at the front that a mysterious German tank dubbed 'The White Tiger' materializes out of nowhere, destroys entire Soviet tank battalions, and disappears. The only thing that Naidenov recalls is his ability as a tank driver: 'I remember that I am a Russian tank driver,' he tells his superiors, 'what else do I need to know?' General Georgii Zhukov gives a Soviet commander, Colonel Fedotov (Vitalii Kishchenko), the task of forming a tank crew that will find and destroy the White Tiger. Fedotov puts Naidenov in charge of the mission and appoints two more soldiers to the crew, Kriuk (Aleksandr Vakhov) and Berdyev (Vitalii Dordzhiev). They are given the new T-34-85 tank to command, an experimental tank with increased armor and weaponry. The crew tracks the mysterious tank, engaging it on a couple of occasions as the Red Army advances into Europe. By the end, the war is won, but Naidenov insists that the White Tiger has not been defeated.

Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

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