主演：奥列格·费奥多罗夫 彼得·梅尔库里耶夫 亚历山大·列宁
导演：小阿列克谢·日耳曼
简介："AlekseiGhermanjunior’sfilmTheLastTrainpremieredinMoscowinmidDecemberduringthefilmfestivalStalker,whichalsoawardedittheprizeforthebestfilm.However,itsfirstscreeninghadalreadytakenplaceinthe‘controcorrente’competitionoftheVeniceFilmFestivalinSeptember.Thefilm,dealingwiththemeofwarandshotinblackandwhite,remainedunnoticedbythepressinthecontextoftheVeniceFilmFestival(preoccupiedalmostexclusivelywithZviagintsev’sTheReturn),althoughitwasawardedaprize.InMoscow,itmaderatheradifferentimpression,especiallywhensetinthecontextoffilmsdealingwithhumanrightsissues. Gherman’sfilmis,inasense,aresponsetohisfather’swarfilm20DayswithoutWar.Maybethisexplainstheoddityofayoung,clearlytalenteddirectorventuringonhisdebutfilmintothetroddenterritoriesofthewarfilm,athemethatdominatedRussiancinemaingeneral,buthadalsobeendealtwithbyhisfather.ForGhermanJunior,however,warknowsneitherwinnersnorlosers:insteadofexploringthehistoryofWWII,Ghermanlooksatthefateoftwomenwhohavefailedtomaketherightchoice(orachoice)attherighttime.Therefore,theyarenowthevictimsofcircumstances,ofpolitics,ofregimes–whichtheyhaveorhavenotelected.Gherman’sconcerniswithpeopleinparticularcircumstances,whicharenottheirchoice,andhowtheycopewiththeseunwantedsituations.