Twenty Days Without War

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (1915 – 1979) – a Soviet writer, war correspondent, and public figure. As a war correspondent, he visited all the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, traveling through the lands of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Germany.
“Twenty Days Without War” (1973) – a truthful narrative about the inner life of a person during the war. Frontline journalist of the newspaper “Red Star” Vasily Lopatkin travels to Tashkent, where a film is being made based on his wartime essays. It is there, away from the front lines, that he relives a strong, long-forgotten feeling and spends a whole 20 days during the war living without war!