City of Life and Death vs War and Music
War and Music has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.4/10 for City of Life and Death). City of Life and Death is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Life and Death
War and Music| City of Life and Death | War and Music | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 12m | – |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | Russia |
| Director | Lu Chuan | Sarik Andreasyan |
| Main cast | Qin Lan, Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Ryu Kohata, Jiang Yiyan | Nicholay Kovbas, Michael Janibekyan, David Mkhitarel, Sergey Melkonyan, David Kotov-Oganesyan |
Synopsis
City of Life and Death
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
War and Music
The war burst into the peaceful life of three friends suddenly, forever changing their destinies. Each of them went to the front, leaving the most valuable things at home in order to fight for this most valuable thing. Surprisingly, they are helped to survive in this fiery hell of battles with fascism, music. Taking musical instruments with them, friends play to maintain the morale of fellow soldiers, as well as to compose the leitmotif of…
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