When a soldier makes it home alive, his own unit turns out to be the ones who won't let him forget how — that's the setup driving Resurrected, a 2023 war drama directed by Egor Baranov.
What is Resurrected about?
A soldier who survives when his comrades did not returns to find himself accused of cowardice and desertion, and instead of letting the accusation move through any formal process, his former comrades-in-arms decide to judge him themselves, outside the law. The film sits with the discomfort of that choice: a group of men who once trusted this soldier with their lives now sit as his jury, weighing loyalty against suspicion with no outside authority to check them. Rather than staging a courtroom drama, Resurrected turns the aftermath of combat into its own kind of trial, one where the rules are improvised and the stakes are personal rather than legal. The film's tension comes less from what happened on the battlefield than from what a group of survivors is willing to do to one of their own once the fighting stops.
About the cast
Dave Davis leads the cast, joined by Karli Hall, Erika Chase, Kristen Ariza, Ezra Buzzington, Brad Greenquist, Timothy V. Murphy and Ahmed El-Mawas. Egor Baranov directs a France-United States co-production that keeps its focus on a small circle of soldiers rather than a sprawling battlefield canvas.
Context & significance
Resurrected is built as a drama with war as its backdrop rather than its subject, using the setting to ask what loyalty and judgment look like once official structures are stripped away. That framing puts the film alongside other war stories that follow soldiers home instead of staying in combat, where the real conflict shifts from an external enemy to the group itself. At 96 minutes, the film keeps its scope contained, following one accused man and the comrades who put themselves in charge of deciding his fate.
Watching Resurrected on Ktime
Resurrected is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, letting viewers pick whichever version suits them. Watching only requires logging into a free K-Time account — there's no extra purchase or separate download involved. K-Time's interface, search and recommendations are built around the Farsi-speaking diaspora, so the experience is designed to feel native from the first screen.