Christmas

Name: Christmas
Uploaded: 2026-07-31T15:00:31+00:00
Duration: 21 min 39 s
Channel: Eliza Karchevsky
Description: In the autumn of 1941, German troops occupy a small Soviet village. Young Taisia meets a German officer who tries to protect her from the brutality of the occupation and promises to return after the war. Based on true recollections, the film tells a story of brief human connection, impossible hope, and the lasting mark left by war.

AI-generated film by Eliza Karchevsky · 2026 · 22 min · Drama, Documentary

Christmas, an AI film by Eliza Karchevsky

About the film

In the autumn of 1941, German troops occupy a small Soviet village. Young Taisia meets a German officer who tries to protect her from the brutality of the occupation and promises to return after the war. Based on true recollections, the film tells a story of brief human connection, impossible hope, and the lasting mark left by war. DISCLAIMER This film was created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence tools. The screenplay, dramatic structure, directing concept, selection of material, editing, and final creative decisions were made by a human author. The film is based on a true story as recounted by a Russian woman, who lived through the German occupation in 1941. Certain dialogue, characters, names, chronology, and circumstances have been reconstructed, altered, combined, or fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Any resemblance between fictionalized or composite characters and persons who are not expressly identified as real participants in the events portraye

Future Lantern score

33 out of 100, based on how much YouTube viewers like the film, weighted by audience size. 206,645 views and 1,689 likes on YouTube.

Watch on YouTube. Hosted on YouTube by Eliza Karchevsky; Future Lantern links to the original upload.