Front Without Flanks

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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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

War,

Drama

Duration:

170 minutes

Year:

1974

Director:

Igor Gostev

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Company:

Mosfilm

Cast:
Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major

Oleg Zhakov

grandfather Matvey Egorovich

Galina Polskikh

Zina, the nurse

Semyon Morozov

Seregin, captain

Yevgeni Shutov

Ohrim Shmil

Crew:
Igor Gostev

Director

Semyon Tsvigun

Novel

Venyamin Basner

Original Music Composer

Mikhail Matusovsky

Lyricist

Aleksandr Kharitonov

Director of Photography