Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of this film. The film sets out to illustrate the old adage, "For want of a nail, the battle was lost," showing how the inferior quality of something so trivial as a nail in a soldier's boot leads inexorably to the capture of an armored train. Kalatozov had intended to demonstrate the crucial and universal importance of efficiency in Soviet industry, but the government decided that his fable gave a negative impression of the Red Army's capabilities.
The Last Masquerade
War, Drama, Romance
5.2
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
Drama
7.3
Detective Knight: Independence
Action, Crime, Thriller
5.4
Lord of the Streets
Action
5.1
Unhappily Ever After
Comedy, Romance
7.1
No, You're Stupid
Drama
7.8
Laid to Rest
Thriller, Horror
5.3
Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne
Animation, Family, Comedy
7.1
Supercell
Action, Drama
5.7
Blowback
Action, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
6.0
Shark Side of the Moon
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
5.1
The Documentary
Horror, Thriller
6.3
As
7.0
There Are No Saints
Action, Mystery, Thriller
5.2
Desperation Road
Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
6.7
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Romance, Comedy
6.2
High Heat
Action, Thriller, Crime, Comedy
5.5
Percy
Drama
6.7
Diabolik: Ginko Attacks!
Crime, Action
6.0
A
Romance, Thriller
5.7
The Crew of the Dora
Drama, War
6.3
Inflation
War, Drama
5.0
The Silent Village
Documentary, Drama, History, War
6.8
Bampton Shows the Way
Documentary, Drama
0.0
Lions for Lambs
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
6.0
The Great Dictator
Comedy, War
8.3
Days of Hope
Drama, War
6.3
Heaven and Hell
Drama, Crime
4.0
Golgotha
Drama, History
7.7
The Big Blockade
Drama, War
6.5
In Battle Against the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain
Documentary, War
0.0
My Führer
War, Comedy, Drama
5.7
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Drama, War
0.0
Victory Through Air Power
Animation, War, Documentary
5.7
49th Parallel
War, Thriller
6.9
China's Little Devils
War, Drama
4.0
Beyond the Line of Duty
War, Documentary
5.7
Main Street Today
War, History, Drama
6.2
Full Metal Jacket
Drama, War
8.1
The Flight
Drama, Thriller
8.5