Front Without Flanks
Фронт без флангов
Release: 1974-12-20
·Runtime: 170m
·★ 3.0
War
Drama
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Harry Pietzsch
as Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf
Semyon Morozov
as Seregin, captain
Pavel Kormunin
as Ignat Osyka
Lyudmila Polyakova
as Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm
Mikhail Rozanov
as partisans
Aleksandr Lebedev
as Sokirka, partisan
Jürgen Frohriep
as Colonel Kempe
Oleg Zhakov
as grandfather Matvey Egorovich
Elena Volskaya
as Fenya
Yevgeniy Markov
as German von Horne headquarters officer
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major
Yevgeni Shutov
as Ohrim Shmil
Ivan Pereverzev
as Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)
Svetlana Sukhovey
as Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator
Aleksey Borzunov
as Petrenko, lieutenant
Mikhail Turchenkov
as Mishka Turchenkov
Konstantin Zheldin
as Kurt Schmidt
Mariya Skvortsova
as Grandma Anastasia
Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev
as Simon Bondarenko
Yelizaveta Kuzyurina
as refugee
Nikolai Yudin
as grandfather
Feliks Yavorsky
as intelligence chief
Vladimir Lippart
as wounded soldier
Filimon Sergeyev
as episode
Valeri Anisimov
as офицер штаба
Galina Polskikh
as Zina, the nurse
Vladimir Ivashov
as Afanasyev, captain
Anatoliy Solovyov
as Zakhar Petrovich
Vladimir Samoylov
as Ermolaev
Anvar Boranbaev
as Beisembaev
Horst Schulze
as general
Nikolay Gorlov
as немецкий офицер (нет в титрах)
Vladimir Zamanskiy
as Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment
Boris Bibikov
as grandfather Misha
Vera Kuznetsova
as Misha's grandmother
Vsevolod Safonov
as Sadovnikov
Raisa Kurkina
as Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky
Boris Yurchenko
as Yurchenko, scout
Aleksandr Lukyanov
as Andrey Lukyanov, sailor
Viktor Shulgin
as Victor Sergeevich Khvat
Hannjo Hasse
as Colonel General von Horn
Aleksandr Denisov
as Vakulenchuk, midshipman
Tofig Mirzayev
as Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner
Valentin Pechnikov
as Petr Sergeevich Ivanov
Vladimir Ferapontov
as soldier with balalaika
Nikolay Smorchkov
as partisan sailor
Crew
Venyamin Basner
Original Music Composer
Semyon Tsvigun
Novel, Screenplay
Aleksandr Kharitonov
Director of Photography
Mikhail Matusovsky
Lyricist
Igor Gostev
Director
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Boris Bondarenko
Assistant Camera
Aleksandr Samulekin
Production Design
Nikolay Smirnov
Military Consultant