Summaries

A five part WW2 epic drama that gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945.Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.The first part deals with the 1943 great tank Battle of Kursk.The second part details the September 1943 Lower Dnieper Offensive.The third part depicts the various stages of Operation Bagration during the summer of 1944.The fourth installment of the epic deals with the January 1945 Vistula-Oder Offensive and the final segment climaxes in the April-May 1945 Battle of Berlin.

The liberation of Oryol and Belgorod takes place, as well as the abandonment of Kharkov by the Germans. Ahead is the crossing of the Dnepr. The real fact of creating a false bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnepr in order to pull back large forces of the Germans on it. The bridgehead was completely surrounded, and most of its defenders perished. Only a few managed to break through the encirclement and reach the main crossing of the Soviet troops.—Peter-Patrick76 ([email protected])

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Keywords
  • sequel
  • second part
  • red army
  • great patriotic war
  • eastern front of world war ii
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History
  • War
Release date Apr 30, 1970
Countries of origin Italy Yugoslavia Soviet Union Poland East Germany
Language Russian
Production companies Mosfilm Avala Film Zespól Filmowy "Start"

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Color Black and White
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Synopsis

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