Anthem of the generation of winners. I partially understand those people who saw in this picture “typical”, “non-serious”, “cheap populism”, etc. Well, what can you do - they just did not have to survive the disaster that struck the people of the USSR in 1941-1945: they did not have to live in the evacuation, wriggle with pain in the medical battalions, die of hunger in the besieged Leningrad, run in rigor from the cold to attack at Stalingrad, wait for their children and husbands in hopeless loneliness, restore the destroyed economy. Yeah, I didn't. . .
This is the root of the misunderstanding that, after watching this film, embraces those who see only combat actions as such in war, forgetting about the share of grief that falls on the shoulders of ordinary civilians, and how difficult it is then to return to a peaceful life that has become unusual for many without air defense sirens and artillery cannonades.
The film was released in 1949. The country has just recovered from the Great Patriotic War. The euphoria of the Victory gradually dissipated and the most difficult workdays came - the restoration of the destroyed European part of the USSR is underway. The people, first of all, the working people, the simple workers, who are true creators, like a breath of air need moments of spiritual outlet, tranquility, fun. This is exactly what this film does.
Modern generations for the most part do not understand part of the plan of the film. And he's here. Sinichkin, by his example, proves that giving back to his work business brings results, and any, even the most seemingly uncomplicated undertaking, if conducted with the soul, brings emotional joy. Take, for example, the same truck "half" - here on the example of the main character, the viewer is presented with the image of proper care for his "labor horse", which, it would seem, after the "representative" slacker Zachesov "ordered to live long." The film also has a moral theme: Fenya will tell who's who. .
But, first of all, the viewer is shown human relations, and not modern “terk” “serf-individualists”, measuring their “achievements”. Yes, the grotesque in the picture is enough, but in this case it is not designed to tear away from reality. As they say, there are films that aim to show what a normal person wants to strive for, who does not want to become neither “cool” nor “fashionable” – who just wants to develop and create. This is the same film (and it is not the only one, there were many of them in the USSR in the 1930-1950s).
And finally. The people (namely the people!) have always been smart and quick-witted, and they distinguished “populism” and “orders” from the real unselfish beauty of cinema; a lot is known about the failed films of that era – this film was not among these. And the fact that his musical style is full of "stereotypical" thoughts and meanings is not a tribute to the Central Committee of the CPSU(B) and personally to Stalin, but a real reflection of the demands of the then working majority.
8 out of 10.