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The Star
The Star

The Star

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WarDrama

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In the summer of 1944, the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven snipers named "Zvezda" is sent for a reconnaissance operation behind the enemy lines in the back of the Nazi Tank Division. Two previous Russian groups never came back. The seven Russians know that they are going to an almost certain Death for the sake of Victory.

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Budget

$1300000

Revenue

$809000

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

06 May 2002

Country

Russia

Cast

Igor Petrenko

Igor Petrenko

Lt. Travkin

Aleksey Panin

Aleksey Panin

Sgt. Kostya Mamochkin

Aleksei Kravchenko

Aleksei Kravchenko

Sgt. Anikanov

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Galiyev

Amadu Mamadakov

Amadu Mamadakov

Pvt. Temdekov

Maksim Bramatkin

Maksim Bramatkin

Yekaterina Vulichenko

Yekaterina Vulichenko

Pvt. Katya Simakova

Artyom Semakin

Artyom Semakin

Anatoliy Gushchin

Anatoliy Gushchin

Yuri Laguta

Yuri Laguta

Andrey Egorov

Andrey Egorov

Ivan Kokorin

Ivan Kokorin

Meshchersky

Sergey Miller

Sergey Miller

Oleg Gushchin

Oleg Gushchin

Aleksandra Chichkova

Aleksandra Chichkova

Aleksandr Ustyugov

Aleksandr Ustyugov

Sergey Rudzevich

Sergey Rudzevich

Elena Kollegova

Elena Kollegova

Sergey Ugryumov

Sergey Ugryumov

Timofey Tribuntsev

Timofey Tribuntsev

Aleksandr Ablyazov

Aleksandr Ablyazov

Aleksandr Efimov

Aleksandr Efimov

Mikhail Solodko

Mikhail Solodko

Mikhail Lukashov

Mikhail Lukashov

Aleksandr Naumov

Aleksandr Naumov

Kirill Petrov

Kirill Petrov

Filipp Martsevich

Filipp Martsevich

Evgeniy Borisov

Evgeniy Borisov

Andrey Kurilov

Andrey Kurilov

Natalia Domeretskaya

Natalia Domeretskaya

Aleksandr Semyonov

Aleksandr Semyonov

Viktor Ananin

Viktor Ananin

Mikhail Anisimov

Mikhail Anisimov

Ivan Litvinov

Ivan Litvinov

Kristina Babushkina

Kristina Babushkina

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