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Liberation: The Fire Bulge

Освобождение: Огненная Дуга

Release: 1968-05-07·Runtime: 93m·★ 7.2
DramaWar

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 GermanyItalyPolandSoviet UnionYugoslavia

Production Companies

DDL Cinematografica
Avala Film
Mosfilm
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Zespół Filmowy "Start"

Cast

Vsevolod SanayevVsevolod Sanayevas LukinFritz DiezFritz Diezas Adolf HitlerOlev EskolaOlev Eskolaas Arthur von ChristmanPyotr GlebovPyotr Glebovas Pavel RotmistrovValentin GrachyovValentin GrachyovSergei KharchenkoSergei Kharchenkoas Gen. VatutinPeter SturmPeter Sturmas Generaloberst Walter ModelGeorgi BurkovGeorgi Burkovas SergeantPeter MarxPeter Marxas Theodor BusseVladlen DavydovVladlen Davydovas Gen. RokossovskyVladislav StrzhelchikVladislav Strzhelchikas Gen. AntonovHannjo HasseHannjo Hasseas General Fieldmarshal Günther von KlugeNikolai BogolyubovNikolai Bogolyubovas Kliment VoroshilovNikolay EryomenkoNikolay Eryomenkoas Josip Broz TitoVladimir ProtasenkoVladimir Protasenkoas Nikolai VatutinValeriy NosikValeriy Nosikas DorozhkinDmytro FrankoDmytro Frankoas Gen. RybalkoVoldemārs AkurātersVoldemārs Akurātersas Captain William StewartAleksandr BarushnoyAleksandr Barushnoyas Alan BrookePyotr ShcherbakovPyotr Shcherbakovas Gen. TeleginVladimir SamoylovVladimir Samoylovas GromovKonstantin ZabelinKonstantin Zabelinas General Mikhail KatukovBukhuti ZakariadzeBukhuti Zakariadzeas Josef StalinStanisław JaśkiewiczStanisław Jaśkiewiczas RooseveltFlorin PiersicFlorin Piersicas Otto SkorzenyTõnu AavTõnu Aavas German officer in a concentration campViktor BaykovViktor Baykovas Vyacheslav MolotovYuriy KireevYuriy Kireevas orderlyJan EnglertJan Englertas Janek WolnyIoseb GogichaishviliIoseb Gogichaishvilias Yakov DzhugashviliYuri LeonidovYuri Leonidovas Major, commander of an infantry battalion from the Rybalko armyGrigory MikhaylovGrigory Mikhaylovas Mikhail MalininYuriy KamorniyYuriy Kamorniyas VasilevEvgeni BurenkovEvgeni Burenkovas Gen. VasilevskyCezary JulskiCezary JulskiHeino MandriHeino MandriNikolay OlyalinNikolay Olyalinas TsvetaevHorst GieseHorst Gieseas Bruno FermellaIvan MykolaichukIvan Mykolaichukas SavchukViktor AvdyushkoViktor Avdyushkoas MaksimovIgor OzerovIgor Ozerovas LeontyevYury DurovYury Durovas ChurchillRoman KhomyatovRoman Khomyatovas German translator who shot Major MaximovValerian VinogradovValerian VinogradovYuri VyshinskyYuri VyshinskyBoris ZajdenbergBoris Zajdenbergas Capt. OrlovSergey NikonenkoSergey Nikonenkoas SashkaMykola RushkovskyMykola Rushkovskyas Gen. MoskalenkoWerner DisselWerner Disselas Alfred JodlYury MartynovYury Martynovas Gromov's adjutantYuri PomerantsevYuri Pomerantsevas General Andrei VlasovLarisa GolubkinaLarisa Golubkinaas ZoyaMikhail UlyanovMikhail Ulyanovas Gen. ZhukovIvo GarraniIvo Garranias MussoliniArtyom KarapetyanArtyom Karapetyanas Narrator (voice)Fred MahrFred Mahras Sepp DietrichYuriy DubrovinYuriy Dubrovinas messenger sent to Leontyev