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
Vladimir Protasenko
as Nikolai Vatutin
Vladimir Samoylov
as Gromov
Fritz Diez
as Adolf Hitler
Valerian Vinogradov
Grigory Mikhaylov
as Mikhail Malinin
Horst Giese
as Bruno Fermella
Evgeni Burenkov
as Gen. Vasilevsky
Yuri Kamornyj
as Vasilev
Sergei Kharchenko
as Gen. Vatutin
Konstantin Zabelin
as General Mikhail Katukov
Tõnu Aav
as German officer in a concentration camp
Sergey Nikonenko
as Sashka
Mikhail Ulyanov
as Gen. Zhukov
Yuriy Dubrovin
as messenger sent to Leontyev
Heino Mandri
Larisa Golubkina
as Zoya
Voldemārs Akurāters
as Captain William Stewart
Vladlen Davydov
as Gen. Rokossovsky
Dmytro Franko
as Gen. Rybalko
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
as Roosevelt
Yuri Pomerantsev
as General Andrei Vlasov
Peter Marx
as Theodor Busse
Igor Ozerov
as Leontyev
Vsevolod Sanayev
as Lukin
Jan Englert
as Janek Wolny
Artyom Karapetyan
as Narrator (voice)
Mykola Rushkovsky
as Gen. Moskalenko
Georgi Burkov
as Sergeant
Nikolay Eryomenko
as Josip Broz Tito
Yuri Leonidov
as Major, commander of an infantry battalion from the Rybalko army
Fred Mahr
as Sepp Dietrich
Yuri Vyshinsky
Peter Sturm
as Generaloberst Walter Model
Olev Eskola
as Arthur von Christman
Pyotr Glebov
as Pavel Rotmistrov
Roman Khomyatov
as German translator who shot Major Maximov
Florin Piersic
as Otto Skorzeny
Nikolai Bogolyubov
as Kliment Voroshilov
Hannjo Hasse
as General Fieldmarshal Günther von Kluge
Nikolay Olyalin
as Tsvetaev
Valeriy Nosik
as Dorozhkin
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Gen. Antonov
Bukhuti Zakariadze
as Josef Stalin
Ivo Garrani
as Mussolini
Aleksandr Barushnoy
as Alan Brooke
Werner Dissel
as Alfred Jodl
Viktor Baykov
as Vyacheslav Molotov
Valentin Grachyov
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Savchuk
Pyotr Shcherbakov
as Gen. Telegin
Boris Zajdenberg
as Capt. Orlov
Ioseb Gogichaishvili
as Yakov Dzhugashvili
Cezary Julski
Yuriy Kireev
as orderly
Yury Martynov
as Gromov's adjutant
Viktor Avdyushko
as Maksimov
