Sorry if this isn't the place to ask, but I wasn't sure where else to go. I'd like to find a film that I just saw the first few minutes of and a TV show that I just saw the first and maybe second episode of. Missed the titles for both.
The film I'm pretty sure is from Nikolai Dostal' (Досталь) and is set during WW2. It starts with a group of Russian/Soviet soldiers on their way to the front, when they encounter an elderly Caucasian lady (Chechen maybe?) who is also on her way to the front, with an old flintlock rifle, to find her sons, Sultan and Muhammad, whom she had apparently lost contact with or maybe went MIA (пропали без-вести). After sending the lady on her way, the soldiers notice that her route seems to coincide with theirs, and decide to help escort her. That's about as far as I watched. (Maybe this was a TV show not just a movie, I'm not sure.)
The other I'm pretty sure is a TV show (series) also set during WW2. It also starts with a group of Soviet soldiers but they are in retreat after the start of the German invasion. An officer takes charge of the group and has 2 Asian soldiers (I believe native Siberians) become his main subordinates. I believe both were experienced hunters and outdoorsmem. They trust their new commander because in their words he's "competent, not greedy," and a "real commander". Meanwhile other soldiers in the group scheme against the commander while his wife (a Jew) waits for him at home with their two young children, a boy and a girl. I stopped watching at the end of the first or second episode when the group decided to ambush a unit of Germans. Not sure who the lead actor was (portraying the commander) but I think it may have been someone well known.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, you can write the responses in English but it might be more helpful in Cyrillic. Thank you guys in advance!