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