Encore, Once More Encore!

Encore, Once More Encore! (Russian: Анкор, ещё анкор!) is a 1992 post-war eccentric tragi-comedy set at the end of the Forties and the beginning of the Fifties. The film has won 5 awards, including The Best Film Nika Award, 1993. In a distant garrison town, life proceeds at a measured past. The officers drink and debauch, while the soldiers serve. Meanwhile accidentally unleashed human emotions are suffocated by the atmosphere of cruelty and hypocrisy. Lt. Poletaev (Yevgeny Mironov) is an irrepressible character. Even the grim character of service in the Red Army following World War II isn't enough to dampen his spirits. Instead, he keeps things lively by accompanying the base's chorus on his accordion, and by attempting to get women to...