Well, the Russian war film “White Tiger” finally got a DVD release in North America. And instead of the awesome art work for the DVD that the rest of the world got, we got this nonsense.
A crappy photoshopped cover with some random Russian soldier armed with a PPSh-41 and a picture of a post-war tank which I believe is a T-62 tank. Another major difference is that instead already available international dub done with a British cast, E One commissioned a brand new dub job. You have the option of seeing it in its original Russian dialogue with English subtitles, and its only special feature is a theatrical trailer.
This film stands out and I hate that it got such a lackluster release. Just look beyond the mediocre box art and try to see this film for the remarkable piece of work that it truly is.
Белый тигр
The White Tiger (Belyy tigr) is a 2012 Russian movie by Karen Shakhnazarov. The story takes place in the end of World War II. The Soviet tanker Ivan Naydenov (Aleksey Vertkov) barely survived a battle with a mysterious ghostly-white German Tiger tank. Even though he suffers 3rd degree burns over 90% his body he miraculously awakens the next day completely healed. He has a link to tanks as if they were living creatures. Now his only goal is to destroy the seemingly supernatural white Tiger.
A great war film with heavy elements of the supernatural. Based on the book “Tankman, or the White Tiger” by Ilya Boyashov which is an homage to Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”
Genre: War
Duration: 104mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Cast: Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaly Kishchenko, Valery Grishko, Vladimir Ilyn, Karl Kranzkowski, Christian Redl
