We Are Men

We Are Men (1976) is a short Soviet melodrama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Oleg Lebedev and Lidiya Ishimbayeva, it stars Vladimir Etush as an aging schoolteacher facing an old-fashioned crisis of pride.

The hero teaches shop class and basic military skills. He survived the war and raised two children, and he thinks little can rattle him now. Then a stray letter lands in his hands — a love note from a longtime family friend, written to his wife. Rather than swallow the insult, he answers it the way men once did: he demands a duel. To his surprise, the challenge is accepted. Alexander Grave, Igor Kozlov and Iya Savvina round out the cast.

Running just 86 minutes, the film leans on dry humor and quiet hurt to ask what honor means to a generation that still took the word seriously. Stream We Are Men (1976) online on iFILM.