This is for the 1987 East German drama. For the 1966 American comedy with a similar title, see here.
The Russians Are Coming is an East German movie which was filmed in 1968 but was only released in 1987. Spring 1945 in a small town on the Baltic Sea. The 15-year-old Günter still believes in the final victory. He is the fastest in the hunt for a Russian boy, an escaped foreign worker. The Russian is shot by the village policeman. Günter proudly accepts the Iron Cross and volunteers for the front. Neither the mother nor the teacher can stop him. Soviet soldiers attack him the first time, but he can flee home. Shortly after the Soviet army occupied the place, Günter is arrested for murdering the foreign worker.
The following weapons were used in the film The Russians Are Coming:
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Red Army column enters the Mecklenburg town from the southwest. At first, this column is misinterpreted by Günter's father as British Tanks, that occupied Lübeck a day before (which was the 11th Armoured Division on May 2, 1945). According to this statement, this unnamed town must be near Lübeck, however, American and British forces in early May also reached the Cities of Wismar and Schwerin, which are located around 43.5 miles (70km) east of Lübeck. So this statement is historically incorrect since it would have been occupied by the Western allies at that time.
