Hot Snow (film)

Hot Snow
Directed byGabriel Yegiazarov
Written byYuri Bondarev
Screenplay byYuri Bondarev
Evgeni Grigoriev
Gabriel Yegiazarov
Produced byAdolf Fradis
StarringYuri Nazarov
Boris Tokarev
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Georgiy Zhzhonov
CinematographyFiodor Dobronravov
Music byAlfred Schnittke
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 December 1972 (1972-12-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Hot Snow (Russian: Горячий снег, romanizedGoryachi Sneg) is a 1972 Soviet war film, directed by Gabriel Yegiazarov. Told through the eyes of a general, his lieutenants, and soldiers, the film portrays the difficult choices forced upon members of the Soviet Army during Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's plan to destroy the Soviet Union.