Officers

Officers (Russian: Офицеры) is a Soviet drama film, shot at the Gorky Film Studio (Central Film Studio for Children named after Maxim Gorky) in 1971 by director Vladimir Rogovy.

The premiere of the movie took place in the Soviet Union July 26, 1971. At the box office the film attracted about 53.4 million viewers.

Plot
The film depicts the fate of two friends - Alexey Trofimov and Ivan Varavva - traced for many years. In the 20s, they serve together on the frontier, where they fight with the robber bands. There they are, while still very young, remembered for a lifetime mandate to his commander: There is such a profession — to defend the homeland. After Spain, the Great Patriotic War, and peaceful days. Old friends meet again, have become generals.

The events shown in the film take place from about the beginning of the 1920s to the end of the 1960s. There is a civil war in Russia. A young cadet Alexei Trofimov, after graduating from college, was sent to serve in a distant Central Asian garrison. There he goes with his wife, Anyone. In the garrison from his commander, Alexei hears words that subsequently become fateful for him: "To defend the homeland is such a profession, a platoon." At a new duty station, Trofimov met with Ivan Barabbas, a young commander. Together, they participate in the defeat of the gang of the Basmachi of the Kurbash of Mogabit Khan and the capture of the latter. Alexei gives birth to a son named in honor of his deceased commander Yegor. After Central Asia, the paths of friends diverge. Barabbas goes to study at the military academy and, saying goodbye, asks for one thing: that Alexey and Lyuba name their future grandson in honor of him - Ivan. Military fate throws heroes in hot spots. The next duty station is China, where Trofimov again intersects with Barabbas, who is a military adviser in the ranks of the Chinese army fighting the Japanese. Time is running. Egor Trofimov is growing and dreams of becoming an officer. Lyuba is studying in medical. Alexey is constantly on business trips, in one of which, in Spain, he is injured in the back. The Great Patriotic War begins. Alexei and his son go to the front, and Lyuba becomes the head of the mobile hospital. At one of the stations she is found by Masha Belkina - Yegor's lover. She leaves Lyuba her grandson, Ivan, as she is sent to the frontline by the radio operator and cannot take care of the child. At another stop, during the loading of the wounded, the ambulance train withstands the attack of the erupted German tanks. Everyone who, despite injuries, can hold weapons occupy the defense in order to detain the tanks. After the battle, signing a funeral, Luba sees that one of them is on a burned tanker without documents. In the photograph found at the deceased, she recognizes her son. In the post-war period, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Trofimov with the rank of major general commanded the Kantemirov tank division (the same one where his son served). The grandson Ivan is defined in the Moscow Suvorov Military School and flaunts on the honor board. However, it is not always perfect. Once, while being fired, Vanya without permission goes to the zoo and, after looking at a hippo, is late for school. For this he receives a penalty: he is not allowed to be fired again and, together with other violators of discipline, is forced to scrub the floors. Alexei, having arrived at the school, discovers Ivan among the violators and asks to talk with him. “Shame... Suvorovets Trofimov... If you don’t put a penny on a general, spare even grandmother’s nerves,” Alexei tells Ivan. Vanya, unable to restrain his tears, reports that he has two outfits. Alexey orders him to “set aside” and report on what happened. Ivan admits that he was late from dismissal because he was watching a hippopotamus. Alexei is summoned to the Ministry of Defense to one of the heads of departments. It turns out to be Barabbas - already with the rank of colonel general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, appointed to lead the department. Barabbas offers Alexei to end his active service and switch to teaching in Moscow. Alexei is in no hurry to answer, because this division is dear to him - Egor fought in it. After consulting with anyone sitting on the bench, Any Alexei leaves the last word for her. Lyuba decides to stay in the division. Barabbas meets Alexey’s grandson and finds out that he is his namesake, barely restrains feelings. At the end of the film, the third generation of the Trofimov family - the grandson of Ivan, already an adult captain of the Airborne Forces, “by order of the USSR Minister of Defense for exemplary performance of official duties and courage and heroism, skillful education and training of the unit’s personnel” was prematurely awarded the military rank of major. Footage from the fighting youth of Trofimov and Barabbas, mixed with fragments of documentary newsreels, is also shown.

Cast

 * Georgi Yumatov as Alexey Trofimov
 * Vasily Lanovoy as Ivan Varavva
 * Alina Pokrovskaya as Lyubov
 * Alexander Voevodin as Egor Trofimov
 * Vladimir Druzhnikov as Georgi Petrovich, squadron commander
 * Yevgeny Vesnik as paramedic
 * Valery Ryzhakov as Yury Sergeyev, Guard Captain
 * Shamuhammed Akmuhammedov as Kerim