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Inner Wars - Women on the Frontline

March 4, 2022

Pro-Russian separatist uprisings began in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Since then, hundreds of women have joined the armed struggle. Only a few make it to the front.

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Dokumentation | "Der innere Krieg - Frauen an der Front"
Image: New Docs

 Three female soldiers report on their fight: against the separatists, and a patriarchal society.

Dokumentation | "Der innere Krieg - Frauen an der Front"
Image: New Docs

Combat roles are rarely entrusted to women. Female soldiers are often relegated to administrative posts and portrayed by the media as oddities, or soldiers who are more concerned with manicures than fighting.

Filmmaker Masha Kondakova went to war with three of these women. Lera, a patriot and rebel, quits her job as a journalist and joins the army. When she’s packed off to a training camp, she promptly deserts and goes straight back to the front. 


The young doctor Ira returns from the war injured. She fights quite different battles in Kiev, where she struggles to find her place in society as a disabled war veteran.



Elena volunteered in 2014. She lives far away from her children and tries to balance her private and professional life. 

Dokumentation | "Der innere Krieg - Frauen an der Front"
Image: New Docs
Dokumentation | "Der innere Krieg - Frauen an der Front"
Image: New Docs

Kondakova’s film profiles three intrepid women ready to share their intimate tales of love, war and loss.



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