Soldiers of Freedom (Russian: Солдаты свободы) is a four-part 1977 film epic directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. It is a World War II historical drama and the sequel to 1970-71's Liberation.
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| Directed by | Yuri Ozerov |
| Written by | Oscar Kurganov |
| Starring | Mikhail Ulyanov Yevgeny Matveyev Vasily Lanovoy |
| Cinematography | Igor Slabnevich |
| Music by | Yuri Levitin |
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Running time | 599 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
The film reflects the following events of World War II: the capitulation of Friedrich Paulus's Sixth Army as a result of the failed assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942; the preparation for revolt in Slovakia; negotiations of the Polish communists with Władysław Sikorski's government over their joint struggle against fascism; the creation of a National Committee of the Domestic Front in Bulgaria and preparation by underground workers-communists for armed revolt; expansion of the guerrilla (partisan) movement; the failure of a German attempt to destroy People's Liberation Army of Josip Broz Tito; one of the largest military operations, Bagration; the beginning of the liberation of Poland; creation of the Polish National Government in Lublin; the Warsaw Uprising; the capitulation of Bór-Komorowski and defeat of the Polish patriots; the entry of Soviet and Polish armies into Warsaw.
Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov - Marshal Zhukov
- Mircea Septilici - judge[1]
- Yevgeny Matveyev - Leonid Brezhnev
- Vasily Lanovoy - Andrei Grechko
- Stefan Getsov - Georgi Dimitrov
- Viktor Avdyushko - Marshal Ivan Konev
- Bohus Pastorek - Klement Gottwald
- Horst Preusker - Wilhelm Pieck
- Yakov Tripolsky - Joseph Stalin
- Lubomir Kabakchiyev - Palmiro Togliatti
- Boris Belov - Maurice Thorez
- Peter Stefanou - Todor Zhivkov
- Vladlen Davydov - Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky
- Károly Ujlaky - János Kádár
- Miklós Benedek - Gen. Ludvík Svoboda
- Anton Gorchev - Dobri Dzhurov
- Violeta Bahchevanova - Roza Dimitrova
- Valentin Kazancki - Winston Churchill
- Stanisław Jaśkiewicz - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Naum Shopov - Tzar Boris III
- Fritz Diez - Adolf Hitler
- Gerd Michael Henneberg - Wilhelm Keitel
- Horst Gill - Otto Günsche
- Pavel Popandov - Tzano Velchev
- Valentin Gadzhokov - Atanas Hadzhiyanchev
- Zlatko Pavlov - Zdravko
- Nikolai Ouzounov - Tzvyatko
- Zbigniew Józefowicz - Piotr Jaroszewicz
- Edward Linde-Lubaszenko - Edward Gierek
- Jerzy Turek
- Constantin Fugașin - Nicolae Ceaușescu
External links
- Soldiers of Freedom at IMDb
- Soldiers of Freedom.Kino-teatr.ru (in Russian)
