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Vent d'est is a Franco-Swiss historical drama film directed by Robert Enrico, on a script co-written with Frédéric H. Fajardie, released in 1993. Plot At the end of the Second World War, a regiment of the First Russian National Army, loyal to Nazi Germany fled to neutral Liechtenstein to escape the Red Army. Seeking asylum and salvation in this neutral state, these soldiers, along with some civilian associates, are warmly welcomed by the Liechtenstein government. Indeed, although returned by force in the country, Prince Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein is understanding and accepts the refugees with the respect due to their rank of combatants. Russian General Boris Smyslovsky tries to monetize the surrender of his troops to U.S. Army rather than to the Red Army. He is working to take them to Argentina, a country where they will not be hunted down, but that is without counting on the hatred of the Soviets for these "traitors". The film traces the efforts of the Liechtenstein authorities not to hand over these 400 refugees, and shows the lies and manipulations of the Soviets to convince them to return voluntarily. After promising them a new life as part of the reconstruction of the USSR, the Soviets managed to persuade about 200 of these men to return. On the return journey, the train stops in Hungary and all the "returnees" are murdered with machine guns.

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Notable quotes

“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
— Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, (1906), ch. 28.
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
— Sherlock Holmes in His Last Bow, (1917), "His Last Bow," p. 980.
“The east wind is a rain-bearing wind. [...] The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection IV at , .
“He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.”
— Tanakh, Isaiah, XXVII. 8.
“The wind's in the east * * * I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.”
— Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter VI.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Vent d'est is a Franco-Swiss historical drama film directed by Robert Enrico, on a script co-written with Frédéric H. Fajardie, released in 1993. Plot At the end of the Second World War, a regiment of the First Russian National Army, loyal to Nazi Germany fled to neutral Liechtenstein to escape the Red Army. Seeking asylum and salvation in this neutral state, these soldiers, along with some civilian associates, are warmly welcomed by the Liechtenstein government. Indeed, although returned by force in the country, Prince Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein is understanding and accepts the refugees with the respect due to their rank of combatants. Russian General Boris Smyslovsky tries to monetize the surrender of his troops to U.S. Army rather than to the Red Army. He is working to take them to Argentina, a country where they will not be hunted down, but that is without counting on the hatred of the Soviets for these "traitors". The film traces the efforts of the Liechtenstein authorities not to hand over these 400 refugees, and shows the lies and manipulations of the Soviets to convince them to return voluntarily. After promising them a new life as part of the reconstruction of the USSR, the Soviets managed to persuade about 200 of these men to return. On the return journey, the train stops in Hungary and all the "returnees" are murdered with machine guns.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vent d'est is a Franco-Swiss historical drama film directed by Robert Enrico, on a script co-written with Frédéric H. Fajardie, released in 1993.

Not who you're looking for? Others named East Wind: wind that originates in the east and blows west · former passenger train in the United States

Notable quotes

“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
— Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, (1906), ch. 28.
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
— Sherlock Holmes in His Last Bow, (1917), "His Last Bow," p. 980.
“The east wind is a rain-bearing wind. [...] The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection IV at , .
“He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.”
— Tanakh, Isaiah, XXVII. 8.
“The wind's in the east * * * I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.”
— Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter VI.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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