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