The film was not popular in the United States due to its socialist context , but became an iconic film in the Soviet Union , where it took part in the 7th Moscow International Film Festival and , although did not win any prize , in a few years was widely distributed in movie theaters and was proclaimed " the best foreign film " by Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper in 1974
7th Moscow International Film Festival
7th Moscow International Film Festival
The Sandpit Generals