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
Larisa Golubkina
as Zoya
Wieńczysław Gliński
as Blacksmith
Ingrīda Andriņa
as German woman begging for peace
Iren Azer
as Tanechka
Aleksey Glazyrin
as Panteleimon Ponomarenko
Evgeni Burenkov
as Gen. Vasilevsky
Mykola Rushkovsky
as Gen. Moskalenko
Yuriy Dubrovin
as messenger sent to Leontyev
Mikhail Ulyanov
as Maršál Žukov
Bukhuti Zakariadze
as Stalin
Horst Giese
as Sapper Bruno Fermella / Joseph Goebbels
Pyotr Glebov
as Rotmistrov
Aleksandr Titov
Pyotr Shcherbakov
as Gen. Telegin
Georgi Burkov
as Russian soldier
Nikolay Eryomenko
as Josip Broz Tito
Ivo Garrani
as Mussolini
Fritz Diez
as Hitler
Olev Eskola
as German Officer
Mikhail Nozhkin
as Yartsev
Werner Dissel
as Alfred Jodl
Viktor Baykov
as Vyacheslav Molotov
Anatoliy Romashin
as Gen. Shatilov
Nikolai Bogolyubov
as Kliment Voroshilov
Leonid Dovlatov
as Sergei Galadzhev
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
as Roosevelt
Nikolay Olyalin
as Cvetajev
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Gen. Antonov
Erich Gerberding
as Ernst Busch
Mikhail Gluzskiy
as Sgt. Ryazhentsev
Tadeusz Schmidt
as Gen. Berling
Ivan Pereverzev
as Gen. Chuykov
Sergei Kharchenko
as Gen. Vatutin
Vasiliy Shukshin
as Gen. Konev
Aleksandr Barushnoy
as Alan Brooke
Viktor Bortsov
as Grigory Oriol
Nikolai Rybnikov
as Gen. Panov
Tõnu Aav
as German officer in a concentration camp
Viktor Avdyushko
as Maximov
Paul Berndt
as Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim / Arthur Axmann
Valentin Grachyov
as Anatoliy Golbov
Dmytro Franko
as Gen. Rybalko
Aleksandr Afanasev
as Lelyushenko
Vladimir Gerasimov
as Kruglikov
