The film “At the Edge of the Abyss” is powerful, honest and very sad. Powerful – because it is truthful, without varnishing censorship and retouching. Honest – because it is simply a chronicle of war, without feigned emotions and hackneyed artistic cliches. Very sad – because many of the characters in the film died in battle. Here he is alive – a smiling man in the frame. And after some time he will die. And all this is simply a chronicle of battles. A record of the routine of life and death.
An unceremonious war, completely without pathos.
Never before had a documentary about war been filmed like this. There was no way to film like this. There was no such equipment. There were no such values. And now they have filmed it. The result is a chronicle of a feat.
A chronicle of how they fight for every meter of our land, how they save helpless civilians and how our heroes pass away.
A chronicle of the future Victory…
Medvedev
WtR