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Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

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1971•2h 5m•6.0/10
WarDrama

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6.0/10(100)

This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.

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Production

Zespół Filmowy "Start", Mosfilm, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nikolay Olyalin

Nikolay Olyalin

Tsvetaev

Larisa Golubkina

Larisa Golubkina

Zoya

Boris Zajdenberg

Boris Zajdenberg

Orlov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Zhukov

Vladlen Davydov

Vladlen Davydov

Rokossovsky

Evgeni Burenkov

Evgeni Burenkov

Vasilevsky

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Antonov

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

Konev

Sergei Kharchenko

Sergei Kharchenko

Vatutin

Evgeny Kolchinsky

Chernyakhovsky

Viktor Kosenko

Meretskov

Valeriy Karen

Bagramyan

Klyon Protasov

Shtemenko

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Batov

Nikolai Rybnikov

Nikolai Rybnikov

Panov

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Stalin

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Roosevelt

Yury Durov

Yury Durov

Churchill

Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez

Hitler

Erich Thiede

Himmler

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