DEGEN
Director Mikhail Degtyar
Countries Russian Federation
Duration 57 min
Synopsis
Ion Degen. A legendary Soviet tankman, outstanding doctor, author of a most famous wartime poem that was written by him at nineteen at the front:, My comrade, stop calling your friends, In the agony of death., Let me warm my hands, Over your fuming blood. The story of Ion Degen includes several lines, each of these being virtually unbelievable, that could end off many times. Four times he was close to death: for example, he miraculously escaped from starving people that planned to cannibalize him during the famine in Ukraine…, During the war, Degen had four severe wounds. Doctors removed 22 shell fragments from his body, while the 23rd was left in his head..., Degen's tales are incredible. He captured towns, destroyed dozens of tanks, hundreds of cannons and guns..., Ion Degen personally killed several hundred of German Nazis. Yes, he had to kill enemies, but his was a soldier. A warrior. One of the best in the terrible war of the people that defended their native land. A Jew, he has never forgiven anti-Semitism, and, after the pressure became unbearable, he left his native Soviet Union and found a new home in Israel., Listening to this man, we understand that his generation and ours speak different languages and we aren't in the same league.
Ion Degen. A legendary Soviet tankman, outstanding doctor, author of a most famous wartime poem that was written by him at nineteen at the front:, My comrade, stop calling your friends, In the agony of death., Let me warm my hands, Over your fuming blood. The story of Ion Degen includes several lines, each of these being virtually unbelievable, that could end off many times. Four times he was close to death: for example, he miraculously escaped from starving people that planned to cannibalize him during the famine in Ukraine…, During the war, Degen had four severe wounds. Doctors removed 22 shell fragments from his body, while the 23rd was left in his head..., Degen's tales are incredible. He captured towns, destroyed dozens of tanks, hundreds of cannons and guns..., Ion Degen personally killed several hundred of German Nazis. Yes, he had to kill enemies, but his was a soldier. A warrior. One of the best in the terrible war of the people that defended their native land. A Jew, he has never forgiven anti-Semitism, and, after the pressure became unbearable, he left his native Soviet Union and found a new home in Israel., Listening to this man, we understand that his generation and ours speak different languages and we aren't in the same league.