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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.4
Running time
2 h 50 min
Longer than 9 in 10 war movies, +52 min on the typical 118
typical 118170Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Released
1975
April 21, 1975
51 years ago
Genres
WarDramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 50
Vyacheslav TikhonovIvan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major
Oleg Zhakovgrandfather Matvey Egorovich
Galina PolskikhZina, the nurse
Semyon MorozovSeregin, captain
Yevgeni ShutovOhrim Shmil
Ivan PereverzevFather Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)
Vladimir IvashovAfanasyev, captain
Vladimir ZamanskiyNikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment
Aleksandr DenisovVakulenchuk, midshipman
Tofik MirzoyevHasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner
Valentin PechnikovPetr Sergeevich Ivanov
Evgeniy Leonov-GladyshevSimon Bondarenko
Svetlana SukhoveyNatalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator
Aleksey BorzunovPetrenko, lieutenant
Pavel KormuninIgnat Osyka
Lyudmila PolyakovaClaudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm
Anatoliy SolovyovZakhar Petrovich
Mikhail TurchenkovMishka Turchenkov- YKYura KasatkinAlyosha, grandson of Matvey Egorovich
Boris Bibikovgrandfather Misha
Vera KuznetsovaMisha's grandmother
Aleksandr LukyanovAndrey Lukyanov, sailor- NPNikolay PolishchukSasha Polishchuk, sailor
Vladimir SamoylovErmolaev
Directing · 4
- Igor Gostev Director
- R. Nagornaya First Assistant Director
- D. Orlov Second Assistant Director
- K. Starostin Assistant Director
Writing · 7
- Semyon Tsvigun Screenplay, Novel
- Mikhail Matusovsky Lyricist
- G. Korshunov Script Consultant
- M. Pirogov Script Consultant
- G. Iverin Script Consultant
- Yelena Skidanenko Script Editor
Production · 1
- Lazar Milkis Executive Producer
Camera · 6
- Aleksandr Kharitonov Director of Photography
- Aleksandr Vikhanskiy Camera Operator
- Boris Bondarenko Assistant Camera
- A. Morshch Camera Operator
- Vladimir Polyanskiy Camera Operator
- B. Shirokov Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Valentina Yankovskaya Editor
- L. Nisunova Editor
Sound · 4
- Venyamin Basner Original Music Composer
- Vladimir Vasilyev Conductor
- Raisa Lukina Music Editor
- Leonid Bulgakov Sound Director
Art · 2
- Vasiliy Golikov Production Design
- Aleksandr Samulekin Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Maya Filippova Costume Design
- Ada Dukhavina Costume Design
- Zoya Dudarova Costume Design
- A. Maslova Makeup Artist
- Lyubov Maksimovich Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- B. Volskiy VFX Artist
- V. Pugachev Pyrotechnic Supervisor
- L. Lebedev Pyrotechnic Supervisor
- German Shimkovich VFX Director of Photography
Other crew · 3
- Nikolay Smirnov Military Consultant
- Valentin Druzhinin Military Consultant
- Viktor Kulikov Military Consultant
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