Front Without Flanks
Фронт без флангов
Release: 1974-12-20
·Runtime: 170m
·★ 3.0
War
Drama
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major
Oleg Zhakov
as grandfather Matvey Egorovich
Galina Polskikh
as Zina, the nurse
Semyon Morozov
as Seregin, captain
Yevgeni Shutov
as Ohrim Shmil
Ivan Pereverzev
as Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)
Vladimir Ivashov
as Afanasyev, captain
Vladimir Zamanskiy
as Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment
Aleksandr Denisov
as Vakulenchuk, midshipman
Tofig Mirzayev
as Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner
Valentin Pechnikov
as Petr Sergeevich Ivanov
Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev
as Simon Bondarenko
Svetlana Sukhovey
as Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator
Aleksey Borzunov
as Petrenko, lieutenant
Pavel Kormunin
as Ignat Osyka
Lyudmila Polyakova
as Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm
Anatoliy Solovyov
as Zakhar Petrovich
Mikhail Turchenkov
as Mishka Turchenkov
Boris Bibikov
as grandfather Misha
Vera Kuznetsova
as Misha's grandmother
Aleksandr Lukyanov
as Andrey Lukyanov, sailor
Vladimir Samoylov
as Ermolaev
Vsevolod Safonov
as Sadovnikov
Viktor Shulgin
as Victor Sergeevich Khvat
Konstantin Zheldin
as Kurt Schmidt
Raisa Kurkina
as Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky
Vladimir Ferapontov
as soldier with balalaika
Boris Yurchenko
as Yurchenko, scout
Mikhail Rozanov
as partisans
Anvar Boranbaev
as Beisembaev
Mariya Skvortsova
as Grandma Anastasia
Elena Volskaya
as Fenya
Yevgeniy Markov
as German von Horne headquarters officer
Yelizaveta Kuzyurina
as refugee
Aleksandr Lebedev
as Sokirka, partisan
Nikolai Yudin
as grandfather
Feliks Yavorsky
as intelligence chief
Vladimir Lippart
as wounded soldier
Nikolay Smorchkov
as partisan sailor
Hannjo Hasse
as Colonel General von Horn
Jürgen Frohriep
as Colonel Kempe
Harry Pietzsch
as Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf
Horst Schulze
as general
Filimon Sergeyev
as episode
Valeri Anisimov
as офицер штаба
Nikolay Gorlov
as немецкий офицер (нет в титрах)
Crew
Igor Gostev
Director
Semyon Tsvigun
Novel
Venyamin Basner
Original Music Composer
Mikhail Matusovsky
Lyricist
Aleksandr Kharitonov
Director of Photography
Semyon Tsvigun
Screenplay
Aleksandr Samulekin
Production Design
Nikolay Smirnov
Military Consultant
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Boris Bondarenko
Assistant Camera