Andrei Merzlikin - about why in May you need to watch movies about the war

"May is one of the most beautiful months a year. Sun warm days, everything around is overflowing with bright colors, and spring is also in your soul. Please note: in May, people have almost no frowning faces. As if everything is in some joyful waiting for a miracle. I think this month it has many and happens. The biggest miracle happened in our Great country in May 1945. Since my childhood, I have the last spring month associated with the day of victory, military songs, combat awards on the chest of veterans, parade on Red Square and evening multi-colored salute. My grandfather, Pavel Fedorovich, in this war he was seriously injured, he was then commissioned by disabilities. Therefore, proudly say that our family contributed to the great victory. We have a tradition: on May 9, and I come to your wife Anja and our children to Gorky Park. Veterans gather there, and each time the tears come to the eyes when you see all this. How do they need us, in our attention, in our joy! And, by the way, if we talk about the spirit - here is someone who is the soul to truly! And how are our children rejoice! They are happy just like this, from one sense of the holiday. And I thank everyone who gave your lives and fate to give us this opportunity to rejoice. We always buy flowers and give them to our veterans with the words of gratitude. I think so many do this. You know, in my filmography there are films about the war, but I shook the painting "Brest Fortress" to the depths of my soul. Removing in her, I experienced unreal sensations - as if really plunged at the time. We were not actors, but defenders of their homeland. The days of work on this film will forever remain in my memory. When my children are growing, I will definitely show them this picture, and others - their loved ones: "They fought for their homeland," "one old men go into battle." Children need to know what belongs to the Great People, who managed to defeat the enemy, enslaved almost the whole world. On this day we will definitely go to nature, where we will celebrate the holiday. And in the evening we will watch the salute and your favorite films about the war. To remember. "