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Gruber's Journey (2008)

Plot Summary:

On 22 June 1941, Germany and Romania attack Soviet Russia. Several days later, Curzio Malaparte, the Italian writer who would one day pen the novel « Kaputt », a war correspondent for « Corriere de la Sera », arrives in Iasi, in the north of Moldova, on his way to the front, which is nearby. He is incapacitated by a severe allergy and his only chance of recovery is to find a Jewish doctor, an allergologist who had studied in Florence, called Josef Gruber. All his attempts to find him are unsuccessful. While looking for him, Curzio discovers that in Iasi, several days prior to his arrival, a violent anti-Semitic pogrom took place and that a large number of the Jewish citizens of Iasi were deported by train and that Dr Gruber may be among them. In order to find him, Curzio, aided by Guido Sartori, the Italian consul in Iasi, tries to obtain an official warrant to bring Josef Gruber back. He confronts indifference, rudeness and the desire by the Romanian authorities to hide something.

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The Cop (2012)

Plot Summary:

Sr. Lt. Yuri Kozyrev, who served in the front-line reconnaissance is taken prisoner during the last few days of the 2nd World War. After the war ends, the Soviet authorities sentence him to life imprisonment, however, when his case is finally reopened, he is released and fully acquitted. Yuri returns to his home in a small workers' town in Moscow, to find that everything has changed during his absence. His father went missing during the war, his mother has died and his sweetheart Larissa has married Volynsky, a successful salesman. Yuri finds a job as a security guard in a warehouse, however, one day when the warehouse is broken into, Yuri becomes the chief suspect. He manages to avoid arrest and decides to find out who is responsible for the robbery. When he successfully catches the criminal, Yuri is rewarded by the KGB Head, Lavrentiy Beria himself, who appoints him Crime Investigation Department Inspector. While this prestigious position brings Yuri new cases, it also brings him face to face with dangerous criminals, colleagues, ex-comrades and his past.

IMDB Rating: 5.8

IMDB Votes: 16

Genere: Drama

Country: Russia

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Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful