Liberation: The Fire Bulge
Освобождение: Огненная Дуга
Release: 1968-05-07
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 7.2
Drama
War
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
Production Countries
East Germany
Italy
Poland
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Production Companies
DDL Cinematografica
Avala Film
Mosfilm
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Zespół Filmowy "Start"
Cast
Cezary Julski
Jan Englert
as Janek Wolny
Vladlen Davydov
as Gen. Rokossovsky
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
as Roosevelt
Fritz Diez
as Adolf Hitler
Horst Giese
as Bruno Fermella
Yuri Pomerantsev
as General Andrei Vlasov
Pyotr Shcherbakov
as Gen. Telegin
Valerian Vinogradov
Artyom Karapetyan
as Narrator (voice)
Fred Mahr
as Sepp Dietrich
Nikolay Olyalin
as Tsvetaev
Viktor Avdyushko
as Maksimov
Grigory Mikhaylov
as Mikhail Malinin
Dmytro Franko
as Gen. Rybalko
Viktor Baykov
as Vyacheslav Molotov
Ioseb Gogichaishvili
as Yakov Dzhugashvili
Vsevolod Sanayev
as Lukin
Valeriy Nosik
as Dorozhkin
Igor Ozerov
as Leontyev
Larisa Golubkina
as Zoya
Mikhail Ulyanov
as Gen. Zhukov
Yuriy Dubrovin
as messenger sent to Leontyev
Yury Martynov
as Gromov's adjutant
Yuri Kamornyj
as Vasilev
Voldemārs Akurāters
as Captain William Stewart
Valentin Grachyov
Evgeni Burenkov
as Gen. Vasilevsky
Peter Marx
as Theodor Busse
Vladimir Protasenko
as Nikolai Vatutin
Bukhuti Zakariadze
as Josef Stalin
Boris Zajdenberg
as Capt. Orlov
Vladimir Samoylov
as Gromov
Sergei Kharchenko
as Gen. Vatutin
Mykola Rushkovsky
as Gen. Moskalenko
Florin Piersic
as Otto Skorzeny
Olev Eskola
as Arthur von Christman
Yuriy Kireev
as orderly
Nikolai Bogolyubov
as Kliment Voroshilov
Georgi Burkov
as Sergeant
Nikolay Eryomenko
as Josip Broz Tito
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Savchuk
Yuri Vyshinsky
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Gen. Antonov
Aleksandr Barushnoy
as Alan Brooke
Heino Mandri
Tõnu Aav
as German officer in a concentration camp
Pyotr Glebov
as Pavel Rotmistrov
Yuri Leonidov
as Major, commander of an infantry battalion from the Rybalko army
Ivo Garrani
as Mussolini
Hannjo Hasse
as General Fieldmarshal Günther von Kluge
Peter Sturm
as Generaloberst Walter Model
Konstantin Zabelin
as General Mikhail Katukov
Sergey Nikonenko
as Sashka
Werner Dissel
as Alfred Jodl
Roman Khomyatov
as German translator who shot Major Maximov
