'' The Red and the White '' ( ) is a 1967 film directed by Miklós Jancsó and dealing with the Russian Civil War . The original Hungarian title , '' Csillagosok , katonák '' , can be translated as " Stars on their Caps " ( literally " Stars , soldiers " ) , which , as with a number of Jancsó film titles , is a quote from a song . The film was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival , but the festival was canceled due to the events of May 1968 in France . It was voted as " Best Foreign Film of 1969 " by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1968 Cannes Film Festival
1968 Cannes Film Festival
The Red and the White