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Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

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WarDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

125 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

21 October 1970

Country

East Germany

Cast

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Maršál Žukov

Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez

Hitler

Nikolay Olyalin

Nikolay Olyalin

Cvetajev

Vladlen Davydov

Vladlen Davydov

Gen. Rokossovsky

Evgeni Burenkov

Evgeni Burenkov

Gen. Vasilevsky

Aleksandr Titov

Aleksandr Titov

Viktor Baykov

Viktor Baykov

Vyacheslav Molotov

Valentin Grachyov

Valentin Grachyov

Anatoliy Golbov

Mikhail Nozhkin

Mikhail Nozhkin

Yartsev

Larisa Golubkina

Larisa Golubkina

Zoya

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Stalin

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

Gen. Konev

Nikolai Rybnikov

Nikolai Rybnikov

Gen. Panov

Yury Durov

Yury Durov

Sir Winston Churchill

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Gen. Antonov

Anatoliy Romashin

Anatoliy Romashin

Gen. Shatilov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Gen. Telegin

Ivan Pereverzev

Ivan Pereverzev

Gen. Chuykov

Sergei Kharchenko

Sergei Kharchenko

Gen. Vatutin

Dmytro Franko

Dmytro Franko

Gen. Rybalko

Mykola Rushkovsky

Mykola Rushkovsky

Gen. Moskalenko

Aleksandr Afanasev

Aleksandr Afanasev

Lelyushenko

Tõnu Aav

Tõnu Aav

German officer in a concentration camp

Elizaveta Alekseeva

Elizaveta Alekseeva

Eleanor Roosevelt

Fred Alexander

Fred Alexander

Elyesa Bazna

Ingrīda Andriņa

Ingrīda Andriņa

German woman begging for peace

Viktor Avdyushko

Viktor Avdyushko

Maximov

Iren Azer

Iren Azer

Tanechka

Aleksandr Barushnoy

Aleksandr Barushnoy

Alan Brooke

Manfred Bendik

Manfred Bendik

Major Ernst John von Freyend

Paul Berndt

Paul Berndt

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim / Arthur Axmann

Max Bernhardt

Max Bernhardt

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Erno Bertoli

Erno Bertoli

Pierre Pouyade

Martha Beschort-Diez

Martha Beschort-Diez

Old Woman in Berlin

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Kliment Voroshilov

Viktor Bortsov

Viktor Bortsov

Grigory Oriol

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

Russian soldier

Otto Busse

Otto Busse

Heinz Linge

Ralf Böhmke

Ralf Böhmke

Adolf Hamann

Otto Dierichs

Otto Dierichs

Erwin von Witzleben

Yuliya Dioshi

Yuliya Dioshi

Magda Goebbels

Werner Dissel

Werner Dissel

Alfred Jodl

Leonid Dovlatov

Leonid Dovlatov

Sergei Galadzhev

Yuriy Dubrovin

Yuriy Dubrovin

messenger sent to Leontyev

Nikolay Eryomenko

Nikolay Eryomenko

Josip Broz Tito

Olev Eskola

Olev Eskola

German Officer

Fritz Ernst Fechner

Fritz Ernst Fechner

Heinz Brandt

Ivo Garrani

Ivo Garrani

Mussolini

Vladimir Gerasimov

Vladimir Gerasimov

Kruglikov

Erich Gerberding

Erich Gerberding

Ernst Busch

Horst Giese

Horst Giese

Sapper Bruno Fermella / Joseph Goebbels

Horst Gill

Horst Gill

Otto Günsche

Aleksey Glazyrin

Aleksey Glazyrin

Panteleimon Ponomarenko

Pyotr Glebov

Pyotr Glebov

Rotmistrov

Wieńczysław Gliński

Wieńczysław Gliński

Blacksmith

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Sgt. Ryazhentsev

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Roosevelt

Tadeusz Schmidt

Tadeusz Schmidt

Gen. Berling

Maciej Nowakowski

Maciej Nowakowski

Aleksander Zawadzki

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