The state-funded war film T-34, about a Soviet soldier’s ‘devotion to the motherland’, has taken £8m in its opening weekendA Russian war film that tells of a Soviet soldier’s “devotion to the motherland”, the latest in a line of state-funded patriotic blockbusters, has broken Russian box office records for its first week on release in the new year.T-34, named after a type of tank used in extensively in the second world war, had the best opening weekend of all time for a Russian-made movie with around 713m roubles (£8.3m) in takings, according to an industry newsletter. Continue reading…
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