If War Comes Tomorrow
About If War Comes Tomorrow
Fascists declare war, and the film shows the Soviet population called up from workplaces across the Union. Trains leave Uzbekistan, Georgia, the Kuban, the Don, the Terek, the Urals, Ukraine, and the Donbass. Marshal Voroshilov speaks at the forward positions and orders a breakthrough onto enemy ground. Tanks, aircraft, and parachute troops hit the defenses, and the infantry charges. The English Wikipedia calls the picture both a war drama and a propaganda film, built from footage of real Red Army maneuvers.
Cast & crew
More about If War Comes Tomorrow
Lazar Antsi-Polovsky, Georgy Beryozko, Yefim Dzigan, and Nikolai Karmazinsky directed. Wikidata lists writers Dzigan, Mikhail Svetlov, and Beryozko, cinematographer Yevgeny Yefimov, and composers Dmitry Pokrass and Daniil Pokrass. The release date there is February 23, 1938, and the length is 66 minutes.
Themes
Background
Released on Red Army Day in 1938, the film stages a future war that the Red Army wins on the attacker's territory.
Look
Yevgeny Yefimov is the cinematographer on Wikidata. The action uses shots taken at actual Red Army maneuvers.
Music
Dmitry Pokrass and Daniil Pokrass are the composers on Wikidata.
Notes
- Inna Fyodorova plays a commander's wife.
- Vsevolod Sanayev appears as a soldier and is uncredited on the English cast list.
- Serafim Kozminsky plays an air-brigade commander.
- The catalog describes tanks, infantry columns, bombers, and cavalry drawn from maneuver footage.
Scenes
- Voroshilov speaks at the front and orders the army to break through and fight on enemy territory.
- Paratroopers drop behind the lines to block reinforcements.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Если завтра война (1938).webm)