White Tiger (Belyy Tigr)

Year: 2012
Country: RUSSIA
Run Time: 104 minutes

Out of the primordial mists lumbers a beast that lives in legend among soldiers on both sides of the Russian front. WHITE TIGER is the ultimate Nazi killing machine—a giant tank that materializes out of nowhere and obliterates Soviet troops, leaving in its wake the charred corpses of men and machines. A tank operator is pried out of the wreckage of one such battle, 90% of his body burned. Left by medics to die, he heals miraculously. With no memory of his previous life, he knows only that WHITE TIGER must be killed. Like Captain Ahab after Moby Dick or Quint after the White Shark, the tank man single-mindedly pursues his prey. Preternaturally calm in the face of horrifying battles, he's a tank whisperer who hears the armor-clad giants speak. His comrades believe he burned to death and was reborn as a soldier ideally suited for war. Russia's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards® combines magic realism with authentic battle scenes. (In Russian and German with subtitles) – B.B.

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