Peace to Him Who Enters (1963)

The time is World War II Lidiya Shaporenko plays a pregnant German woman trapped behind Russian lines When the woman goes into labor three loyal Soviets deliver her to a field hospital a newly graduated officer an affable truck driver and a soldier shellshocked into muteness The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned The winner of a special gold medal at the Venice Film Festival Peace to Him Who Enters was originally released in the USSR in 1961 under the title Mir Vkhodyashchemu