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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Represents the summit of Soviet cinema and remains one of the most poetic and visually beautiful of all Russian films. Read more
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times: Although one is impelled to be in thorough sympathy with its argument against war, one cannot but help feeling that one-fourth of the footage of this production would be ample for one sitting. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: More clearly influenced by Sergei Eisenstein than any of Dovzhenko's other pictures, it's certainly the one that uses fast editing in the most exciting fashion. Read more