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