Dark is the Night (Тёмная ночь) - EPIC Soviet WW2 Orchestral Song

Dark is the Night (Тёмная ночь, literally, "Dark Night") is a famous Soviet song associated with the Great Patriotic War. It was originally performed by Mark Bernes in the 1943 war film Two Soldiers.
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The song was composed by Nikita Bogoslovsky, with lyrics by Vladimir Agatov, specially for the film Two Soldiers (Два бойца). Leonid Utyosov, without knowledge and without permission of authors and film unit, recorded the song, thus becoming the first to do so, but it was Bernes' performance that made it so popular. In the film, Bernes is a soldier who recalls his wife and baby at night while singing the song.
The official experts were keen to accuse Bogoslovsky of propagating "philistine" sentimental tunes. Though ostracized by the state composers' union, the song became a symbol of the war years for millions of Soviet people.
Dark Is the Night has been described as "a gentle lyrical song imbued with a feeling of homesickness and expressing devotion to one's beloved" which helped "reveal the personal side of army life, indiscernable in the roar of warfare". It contrasted sharply with the prevalent type of war song, which was either a field marching song or a civil patriotic one.

[@K.C.C.P]

The very first version of this song was irreversibly damaged by some factory worker because she couldn't stop crying while copying and listening to this track so her tears accidentally ruined the tape. In Soviet culture such things are called "the magic power of art"

[@bummer7736]

Source? I keep hearing about this but I doubt that happened.

[@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here]

@@bummer7736 never happened. Nobody likes to hear about a song that was simply performed by an actor, but fortunately/unfortunately this is the case

[@K.C.C.P]

This is just a bogus story to show how emotional this song is (i found this somewhere idk)

[@OTOWN2STOCKTOWN]

You can probably the the validity of that by how she would be treated by the guards after such a blunder

[@Victor-be1tt]

She still alive

[@super_cool_guy152]

"We're broken but not destroyed"

[@oleo1572]

1 of the most beautful songs ever created. Thank you for the remake братан

[@Red_Justice]

Comrade *

[@OTOWN2STOCKTOWN]

Spatsiba

[@alexus8735]

Глубоко и трогательно. Спасибо Вам

[@dreadedworld8864]

I love it. Keep up the great work ❤️

[@同志-m8v]

太棒了

[@jonnyboris9129]

They need to add this song to TNO

[@warmike]

There is a version by the TNO composer, don't know if it's in the game or not: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJWkc6KMoLugi6s

[@noden-srn]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@carloszamudio7090]

A version of this song was on the tittle screen of the game Men of War red tide

[@DamerexPL]

smutna i piękna to pieśń zarazem (jeśli się zna słowa)

[@AnonimBall21]

Давай марш "Тоска по родине"? Будет очень приятно услышать его в таком исполнении

[@marloneliezermendezrojas4954]

I confused the title with “ах ты ноченька” …. Got too excited at first … my bad

[@vasilyvostok2489]

Niceeeee now can you make gagarin march please

[@Junior_Santos.]

As much as I hate communism/socialism, it is undeniable that the Soviets were masters at making beautiful music! 🇧🇷🤝🇷🇺

[@KlimVoroshilov1917]

Germans would enslave you if communists didn't stop them

[@DanielKotovsky]

Why do you hate it?

[@lucutes2936]

was the piano taken from Musecore?

[@AustrianLowlife]

Golden times 👌