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Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

19706.02h 5m

Overview

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.

Directed by Yuri Ozerov
Written by Oskar Kurganov, Yuri Bondarev, Yuri Ozerov
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Lidija Kanarejkina
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Top 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

Themes & Keywords

world war ii

About Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow is a war, drama film released in 1970 exploring themes of world war ii. Directed by Yuri Ozerov, it stars Mikhail Ulyanov, Fritz Diez, Nikolay Olyalin. 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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