Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Освобождение: Направление главного удара
Release: 1970-10-21
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 6.0
War
Drama
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Italy
Poland
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "Start"
Mosfilm
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
DDL Cinematografica
Cast
Vladlen Davydov
as Gen. Rokossovsky
Valentin Grachyov
as Anatoliy Golbov
Mykola Rushkovsky
as Gen. Moskalenko
Viktor Avdyushko
as Maximov
Yuriy Dubrovin
as messenger sent to Leontyev
Tadeusz Schmidt
as Gen. Berling
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Gen. Antonov
Nikolay Eryomenko
as Josip Broz Tito
Vasiliy Shukshin
as Gen. Konev
Iren Azer
as Tanechka
Aleksandr Barushnoy
as Alan Brooke
Nikolai Bogolyubov
as Kliment Voroshilov
Georgi Burkov
as Russian soldier
Viktor Baykov
as Vyacheslav Molotov
Aleksey Glazyrin
as Panteleimon Ponomarenko
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
as Roosevelt
Dmytro Franko
as Gen. Rybalko
Larisa Golubkina
as Zoya
Viktor Bortsov
as Grigory Oriol
Pyotr Glebov
as Rotmistrov
Aleksandr Titov
Bukhuti Zakariadze
as Stalin
Nikolay Olyalin
as Cvetajev
Anatoliy Romashin
as Gen. Shatilov
Erich Gerberding
as Ernst Busch
Aleksandr Afanasev
as Lelyushenko
Ingrīda Andriņa
as German woman begging for peace
Leonid Dovlatov
as Sergei Galadzhev
Ivan Pereverzev
as Gen. Chuykov
Horst Giese
as Sapper Bruno Fermella / Joseph Goebbels
Ivo Garrani
as Mussolini
Mikhail Nozhkin
as Yartsev
Pyotr Shcherbakov
as Gen. Telegin
Tõnu Aav
as German officer in a concentration camp
Mikhail Ulyanov
as Maršál Žukov
Evgeni Burenkov
as Gen. Vasilevsky
Paul Berndt
as Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim / Arthur Axmann
Fritz Diez
as Hitler
Werner Dissel
as Alfred Jodl
Nikolai Rybnikov
as Gen. Panov
Sergei Kharchenko
as Gen. Vatutin
Wieńczysław Gliński
as Blacksmith
Olev Eskola
as German Officer
Mikhail Gluzskiy
as Sgt. Ryazhentsev
Vladimir Gerasimov
as Kruglikov
