Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- grim
- eerie
- brooding
- serious war film night
- historical fantasy marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The White Tiger is rumored to appear from nowhere, destroy Soviet tanks, and function as a ghostlike embodiment of wartime evil.
Naydenov survives severe burns and amnesia, then claims he can communicate with tanks and demonstrates extraordinary battlefield skill.
The mysterious tank and its impossible battlefield appearances turn World War II armored combat into an allegory of war's enduring destructive force.
The huge white Nazi tank is repeatedly described and pursued as an elusive apparition on the battlefield.
Films like White Tiger, and why
Fury
shared World War II tank combat, surreal militarism, and haunting supernatural atmosphere
The Beast of War
shared war-film brutality, historical combat setting, and psychologically intense armored warfare
Come and See
shared allegorical treatment of war, mythic violence, and hallucinatory battlefield imagery
The Devil's Backbone
shared Eastern European war setting, supernatural menace, and meditative historical fantasy
Movie Details
- Director
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Release Date
- 2012-05-03
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (114)
Cast
- Aleksey Vertkov
- Vitaly Kishchenko
- Valeriy Grishko
- Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
- Gerasim Arkhipov
- Aleksandr Vakhov
- Vitaliy Dordzhiev
- Vladimir Ilin
- Karl Kranzkowski
- Christian Redl
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is White Tiger about?
- A burned, amnesiac Soviet tank commander hunts an apparently supernatural Nazi war machine across the haunted battlefields of World War II.
- What is White Tiger like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of White Tiger as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is White Tiger violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in White Tiger as graphic.
- Which films are like White Tiger?
- Films with a similar feel include Fury, The Beast of War, Come and See, and The Devil's Backbone.
- How long is White Tiger?
- White Tiger runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch White Tiger?
- In United States, White Tiger streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
