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MAY WE FOREVER HONOR THE HEROES SLAIN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

MOSFILM

FILM TWO

BREAKTHROUGH

The major battle at Kursk changed the balance of forces in Europe.

Anglo-American troops hurried to land in Sicily.

ITALY, JULY 19 TREVISO AIRPORT

Why isn't he landing?

He is scheduled to arrive at 9:00.

There are 3 minutes left.

He loves making an entrance.

Duce, we have several minutes.

I must again appeal to your courage.

You must tell him that they've taken Sicily.

Italy cannot repulse the Anglo-American invasion alone.

And this is my Chief of Staff talking.

You must get him to agree to an armistice.

I'll tell him that.

Given the serious situation on the Eastern Front,

I can only spare you 3 hours.

My Fuhrer, the catastrophic events in Sicily...

Catastrophic events?!

Who is to blame for this?

The Italian troops!

Their cowardice!

The weak command!

Every soldier and officer who abandons the army must be shot.

My Fuhrer, you don't know Italians.

They don't want to fight.

In 1917, Clemenceau ordered

that every tenth man in the mutinous units be shot.

We cannot shoot everybody, my Fuhrer.

To complete our mission, we must rise above human suffering!

I'm afraid the Duce won't tell him anything.

The Duce didn't tell Hitler anything, Your Majesty.

The situation is dire.

The Anglo-Americans may soon be in Rome.

It is in the national interest to make peace immediately.

But how?

Everything is ready, you only have to give the order.

What order?

To relieve the Duce of the heavy burden of waging war.

We want you to give the order to arrest Mussolini.

ROME, JULY 25

Should we increase security, Duce?

No.

If there is an attempt on my life and I'm killed,

it will only create more difficulties.

Perhaps the guards should accompany us today?

The king's honor guarantees his guests' safety.

His Majesty is expecting you.

Let's go.

In the name of His Majesty the King, please follow me.

You must get in that van.

What is the point of this display?

It is necessary to prevent a possible attack by the people.

There is no need for this.

This must be the only successful mission by the Italian General Staff.

BERLIN, JULY 26

Who here knows Italy well?

My Fuhrer...

I went there twice before the war.

What do you think of Italy?

I'm an Austrian, my Fuhrer.

Your name?

Otto Skorzeny.

The rest of you may go.

Hauptsturmfuhrer, I intend to entrust a very important mission to you.

Mussolini, my friend, and our faithful ally,

was betrayed and arrested by the King.

In this time of peril, I cannot abandon the greatest of Italians.

It is imperative that Mussolini be saved!

My Fuhrer, I will do my utmost.

I'm entrusting this mission to you.

Yes, my Fuhrer.

Germany expects a heroic feat from you!

Dismissed.

What else do you propose regarding Italy?

GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL KEITEL

My Fuhrer, we have worked out Operation Student:

the capture of Rome by German troops

and the restoration of a fascist regime in Italy.

To that end, we have established Rommel's Army Group, but it's too small.

I had Field Marshal Kluge brought in.

He's arrived and is waiting to be seen.

Show him in.

Field Marshal, I need several divisions from your front,

for a transfer to Italy.

Do not interrupt!

I know that you need those divisions.

It was a difficult decision, but you must understand.

My Fuhrer, despite your emphatic demand,

I cannot afford to remove a single unit from the front.

We must withdraw.

Our flanks cannot contain the Russian offensive.

Our only hope is to straighten out the front line.

I am aware of your opinion!

You're too passive, you see another Stalingrad everywhere.

General Model is our commander at the Kursk Bulge!

He shares my point of view.

I will not leave Orel!

My Fuhrer, leaving the troops at the Kursk Bulge

would mean the death or imprisonment of almost a million soldiers.

What do you say?

My Fuhrer, do not leave Orel.

My Fuhrer,

we must try to hold our positions at Kursk.

Take note, Field Marshal Kluge,

I'm not alone in my opinion.

It is shared by these two generals, both of whom outrank you.

My decision remains unchanged!

Today, on August 5,

the troops of the Bryansk Front,

assisted on the flanks by the soldiers of the Western and Central Fronts,

have retaken the city of Orel,

after much fierce fighting.

Also today,

the troops of the Steppe and Voronezh Fronts

have crushed the enemy's defenses

and retaken the city of Belgorod!

In the battles to liberate Orel and Belgorod,

troops of the following generals

deserve recognition: Colonel General Popov,

Colonel General Sokolovsky,

General of the Army Rokossovsky,

General of the Army Vatutin,

Colonel General Konev,

Lieutenant General Bagramyan,

Lieutenant General Gorbatov,

Lieutenant General Zhadov,

Lieutenant General of Tank Troops Rybalko,

Lieutenant General of Tank Troops Katukov,

Lieutenant General of Tank Troops Rotmistrov,

Lieutenant General of Tank Troops Bogdanov,

the airborne units of Marshal of Aviation Golovanov,

Lieutenant General of Aviation Rudenko,

Lieutenant General of Aviation Krasovsky,

Lieutenant General of Aviation Grilov,

Lieutenant General of Aviation Naumenko...

Preparing for the attack? Where's the commander?

Sitting down to eat, sir.

I'm just in time.

The commander gathers strength before the offensive.

Yes sir, Marshal. Greetings.

- Let's eat together. - I'm all for that.

I'd only spoil your meal. I'll have bread and tea.

- But a drink? - My doctors...

A glass won't hurt.

But before we eat, let's finish our business.

Get me Antonov.

Comrade Antonov?

Hello.

The Steppe Front under General Konev

has taken the zone of advance towards Kharkov.

The enemy is retreating along the entire front.

But in order to prevent the Germans from escaping,

I believe it's time to begin Operation Railroad War.

The echo of the partisan war

rolled through all the enslaved countries of Europe:

France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Poland.

WARSAW

Jockey,

I bet on your horse and won big. Let's go and drink.

There are shootings in the city again.

Is Helena here?

In a German uniform.

Kowal is waiting for you, too.

Go to the Apollo Cinema.

- How many seconds? - Ten.

You can cover half of Warsaw in that time.

When you drive through Warsaw, avoid the club cafe and the station.

Our people will be there.

The troops of the Army Group South,

under the command of Field Marshal Manstein,

have left the city of Kharkov.

The Fuhrer's men are determined to meet the enemy with dignity.

Our anti-aircraft artillery

has brought down another Russian aircraft.

A Soviet ace has been annihilated.

Ah, jockey, this time I won't let you get away. Let's have a drink!

Helena, run!

ITALY, SEPTEMBER 12 GRAN SASSO

Lieutenant Fagioli ordered us to remove sharp objects from your room.

Unhook the gliders.

Mussolini. Mussolini!

Duce, I was sent by the Fuhrer to free you.

A plane is waiting.

What kind of fascism is this, that can just melt away like snow?

It was betrayal.

No, my friend. I have a strong suspicion

that you made a deliberate decision to disappear.

Do you intend to fight with me to the end?

I'm tired after 20 years in power, and not a minute of peace.

The Duce's withdrawal from politics would mean

he has lost faith in a German victory!

This would be detrimental to Germany, and I won't allow it!

It would be better, Duce, to disappear somehow.

We may have to publish an official announcement

that the Duce was seriously injured in an airplane crash.

My dear friend, I have to think about it.

I received no information while I was in custody.

The situation is splendid!

In the West, the Anglo-Americans have yet to open a second front.

In Italy, we hold strong positions north of Naples.

The East Wall stretches along the Dnieper.

ON SEPTEMBER 21-23, THE TROOPS OF THE CENTRAL, VORONEZH, STEPPE,

AND SOUTH-WESTERN FRONTS APPROACHED THE DNIEPER

NORTH OF KIEV, SEPTEMBER 23

The loading is finished, sir.

- Who goes first? - Orlov and Troshkin.

Remember: you must capture the bridgehead and

hold it till the main forces arrive.

- I'll try, Colonel. - What do you mean, "try"?

That's an uncertain reply.

It's hard to know the enemy's strength.

Colonel Lukin, you're thinking like a sergeant.

Your crossing will be recon-in-force, understood?

Yes.

- Do it. - Yes sir.

Move it, boys. Let's go!

Captain!

- A gun sank. - Where?

As it was firing, the horse and carts went under.

The sergeant yells "Swim!" while holding his stomach.

- Who? Savchuk? - Yes.

Hang in there.

Just a second, c'mon, hold on.

Just a bit longer.

- I have bandages. - Is it you?

It's me.

Save your strength, don't talk.

Didn't get...

- Get what, dear? - Didn't get to live.

Oh, come on.

We'll operate on you, and you'll be good as new.

Weep.

Weep for me.

Weep for me!

I would mourn you.

I loved you.

Savchuk,

dear...

don't say such things!

Zoya!

Is Savchuk alive? To the field hospital!

- Zoya, get to the left bank. - No, I'll stay with you.

Go to the left bank now! That's an order!

SOUTH OF KIEV SEPTEMBER 24

This is Dnieper. This is Dnieper.

Twelfth reporting.

- Twelfth reporting. - That's General Rybalko.

The crossing is going successfully!

We've gained a good foothold.

The Tula samovars have arrived,

so the tea party is a go.

The division artillery has crossed.

- Where is he transmitting from? - From that pontoon there.

Oh, damn it!

Redirect all artillery fire to the enemy's batteries.

Yes sir.

General Rybalko is up ahead on the bridge.

Enemy aircraft!

I knew it was coming.

Who let them through? Where are our planes?

- They've just flown out. - Ours fly out and theirs come in?!

Order Krasovsky to send in the fighters, now!

How are they? Still alive?

- Twelfth! Twelfth! - We're alive!

Alive, Commander.

Look, our fighters.

Get a situation report north of Kiev.

NORTH OF KIEV SEPTEMBER 24

What's the situation?

We're figuring it out.

Looks like we hit the Germans' rear.

Their defenses were weak there.

We must take the village before the Germans recover.

- Let me smell your breath. - What?

Is it your teeth again?

- Yes, my damn teeth hurt. - I should knock them out.

No vodka today! Understood?

I might like you, you rogue, but you know me.

Colonel!

Colonel, the village is quiet.

I know it's quiet.

Comb through every house in the village.

Yes sir.

Alright then.

Time to take the village.

Germans?

Yes, that's the Germans.

Take your posts!

Get down, Captain!

Must be a sniper.

On the top of the church, I'd say.

Let me check, sir.

- Or he'll make life difficult. - Go.

Armor-piercing rounds at the tanks!

Sight 12. Fire!

Captain! Captain!

Captain! Captain!

Orlov ordered the guns to his position, there are tanks!

What the hell?! There are tanks here, too.

Go to Leontyev and give him my order: the guns to Orlov. Be quick!

It's real bad over there, Captain!

If you or I... You know, Captain...

You should be ashamed of yourself! Go!

It's a shame to give up our position. We could wreck the tanks.

But the tanks are over there! Come on!

Crew! At a trot!

Messerschmitts!

Come on! Forward at a trot, come on!

What is that?

It can't be.

No!

No, I don't want this!

No! No!

No!

I can still think, so I'm not dead.

There must be some justice in this world!

No, not like this!

Attention!

Two battalions of the 206th Infantry Regiment

under my command have crossed the Dnieper.

The division's troops are ready to land on the seized bridgehead.

Cancel the landing.

There will be no offensive in your sector.

But what about the bridgehead?

Your division is now assigned to the 38th Army Strike Force.

Pull back now and head to

the Lyutezh bridgehead, where we're succeeding.

- But the men are fighting. - At war, they always are.

The battalions' job is to make the Germans think

that we're concentrating our efforts here on the fake bridgehead.

When really, we'll make our main assault farther south.

Is that clear?

Tell the battalions to hold out to the last man.

You're the only men I have!

You got me?

I'll shoot anyone who says a goddamn word about retreating!

Retreat to where? Huh?

You'd run as far as Siberia if you could.

If you don't have the guts for this, go shoot yourself where no one can see.

But do it quietly! Quietly!

That's advice for you.

You can go.

Dammit, you're here?

Where are the guns?

- No luck? - Where's Lukin?

Wounded in the stomach.

You can write in your report that the guns were destroyed.

I'm yours to command.

I can lead a company, a platoon, or a squad.

If you tell me to shoot myself,

I won't.

Another hour and the battalion will be done for.

And the division keep radioing: "Hold on! Hold on!"

How long can we hold on?

This one was up in the church. He turned out to be ours.

- Ours? - He's Russian, the bastard.

One of Vlasov's men?

Well, Vlasov's man, speak up!

He's lying.

He's spooked, the whore.

On the way here, he kept saying "nicht" but swore like hell in Russian.

He took out a good number of our men from that church, the scum.

Go on, turn the air blue for us.

Let the officers hear it, don't be shy!

So it was you shooting at us? Can we have your name?

His name?

He doesn't need a name.

He already forgot it.

The bastard sold out his country. Take him out!

Yes! You dog!

Comrades! Wait! Stop!

Don't you see, they forced me. I have a wife in Arzamas.

- Comrades, please understand! - "Comrades"?!

They forced you? A wife in Arzamas?

Yet you sat in that church to the last!

At least die like a man, you bastard!

Comrades!

- How many men have you got left? - Ten.

Let's go, then.

Some drivers you have, Tsvetayev. Like pregnant cockroaches.

They even brought whips, see?

Look at that.

Never mind, boys, we'll fight as infantry now.

Captain!

- Captain! - What is it?

Colonel Lukin is asking for you both,

to get a situation report.

I'll go.

How is it out there?

Just a bit longer.

Soon, I hope. I can't stand lying around.

Captain, are we holding here much longer?

- About two hours. - Tsvetayev!

Is that it? Nothing more?

That's it.

Orderly!

Carry me out into the trench.

It's stuffy in here.

I need some fresh air.

I can't, Colonel. I'm not authorized.

I'm ordering you, you hear?

Carry out the order.

As long as I'm alive... I'm the regiment commander.

That's that.

Take me out there.

Into the fresh air.

- Colonel, the situation... - Don't say it, son. I understand.

Tsvetayev.

Sergei... Listen here.

Give me your pistol.

The Germans have ruined mine.

You'll find another for yourself.

Take my Party card out of my pocket.

You'll hand it in.

Take care of yourself.

You're still just a boy.

I'm sorry, Colonel.

Don't paw at me like you would a girl.

Damn them!

To arms! To arms, you son of a gun!

Tsvetayev, man the machine gun here.

Follow me! Hang in there!

Stay out of fire! Get back to the trench!

- Where's the gun? - There.

Captain!

- Captain! - Sashka!

- Who's that? - Boys from every company.

- Where's Orlov? - I don't know! Anyone seen Orlov?

Break through! We have to break through!

Where? They're everywhere.

- We're goners. - No talking!

Keep up!

This way! Follow me!

Tanks!

Alright, we'll break through here, across the marshes.

If you're tired, take your damn knapsack off.

You bastards!

Follow me! Forward!

- Halt! Who's there? - It's me. Me.

- Sashka, where are the others? - They ran after you.

I saw Sklyar. He made it into the woods.

And the rest? Some of them must have broken through!

We have to look for Sklyar.

- Hear that? - What?

Voices.

Someone's talking.

Sklyar.

- Sklyar! - What do you hear, Sashka?

- Shh. Hear it now? - Yes.

- Sklyar! - Here!

It's Sklyar.

- Sklyar! - Here!

Sklyar!

Sashka, fall back!

Captain Tsvetayev?

I've brought my battalion.

Look out the window, they're all there.

There are 15 men left in the battalion.

They fought to the last bullet.

Thus, Comrade Stalin, we have thwarted

the enemy's plan to make the Dnieper an impenetrable boundary.

We have created over 20 bridgeheads along the Dnieper's right bank.

In this battle along the Dnieper,

the fight for Kiev

is seen as particularly important,

due to its great military-political significance.

What does Headquarters propose?

As you know, Vatutin's assault group has already

made two attempts to break through from the south.

However, the German defenses there proved too strong.

There's little prospect of success there.

Meanwhile, the 38th Army, by use of diversionary attacks,

managed to fortify and expand a bridgehead to the north of Kiev.

Headquarters believe that by reinforcing the 38th Army

we can count on success out of this bridgehead.

When can you begin this operation?

November 20 at the earliest, Comrade Stalin.

Kiev must be taken by November 6,

by the anniversary of the Great October Revolution.

We've been ordered to take Kiev on November 6, striking from the north.

- Do you understand, General Moskalenko? - I do, sir.

Do you really?

You will be taking Kiev.

Take command of the 38th Army,

- and prepare an order of attack. - Yes sir.

General Rybalko.

Tonight, you are to begin transferring the tank army

out of the Bukrin bridgehead and across the Dnieper.

Your army will have to march unnoticed along the front line

and cross the Dnieper again at the village of Lyutezh.

Commander...

it will be difficult to move so many tanks unnoticed

under the Krauts' nose.

We'll make the Krauts believe you aren't going anywhere.

The Chief of Staff has prepared fake orders stating

that our troops are taking up defensive positions.

But, General,

you must consider one thing.

How do we make it so that this fake order falls into German hands?

- "Top secret"? - Absolutely.

The Germans will get it.

Leave him here, dress him in a captain's uniform and put this in his map case.

Yes sir.

They finished dinner,

now they'll keep moving.

Very good. We'll have to retreat.

I don't understand, sir.

I order you to retreat to the second trench.

Does the commander know?

I know.

Yes sir.

Thank you, soldier.

Well, now we can start our crossing.

GENERAL MOSKALENKO - The order states

that the 38th Army must break the enemy's defenses

on the very first day of the attack.

Our army's offensive front stretches 12.5 kilometers.

Our artillery density is

150 guns and mortars per kilometer.

To ensure that we break the German defenses,

I suggest shortening the army's offensive front by 6 kilometers,

thereby increasing the artillery density

to 300 guns per kilometer along the front.

An offensive front only 6 kilometers long?

The Germans will riddle you with fire on your flanks.

Marshal, with 300 guns per kilometer,

MAJOR GENERAL EPISHEV - we'll crush the German flanking fire.

It's an interesting suggestion, Marshal.

Marshal of the Soviet Union, sir,

the 3rd Tank Army, after a covert march along the front lines,

has crossed to the Lyutezh bridgehead.

Well done.

According to Intelligence,

the enemy has not yet discovered your maneuver.

How are you planning to attack?

We had an idea, Marshal.

We want to mount a psychological tank attack, so to speak.

At night, with our headlights on... and with this.

Fedya, come here.

NOVEMBER 5

Be quick!

Don't delay! Move quickly!

Go, go!

What's the 5th doing? Why are they hesitating?

- Get me Streltsov! - On the line!

Do you realize that your dawdling could ruin everything?

We can't wait any longer! Get the men moving!

What? Oh, damn it!

- Give me a gun. - Here.

Come on, boys, with me!

Forward!

GENERAL GRECHKO - Is that Gromov?

Where is he going?

Are your division commanders leading attacks now?

- Like in 1941? - Couldn't help himself, I guess.

He's in for it, if he lives...

Gromov is wounded. We've broken the first line.

Gromov did well, eh?

- A daring leader. - All of my men are.

Hear that? It's Rybalko approaching.

Good work, boys!

Really great!

Thank you, boys.

Thank you, boys.

Thank you.

Thank you, boys.

Well done!

Thank you, Kirsanov.

Thank you, boys.

Get every soldier in the battalion a medal!

- You must go to the hospital. - Like hell!

Take a look at the list of officers recommended for medals.

Alright.

There are several names missing here.

Lukin, Kozlov, Troshkin.

I planned to make a list of posthumous awards.

No, they go on this list, as men who took Kiev!

They get the Order of the Red Banner!

And include...

Captain Tsvetayev.

If only I could've...

If only I could've...

Sergei!

- Sergei! - Zoya!

Stop the car!

You're alive!

If only you knew! If only you knew!

Forget it. I love you. I love you.

"If the situation in Russia continues this way,

by next spring, there may be no need for a second front."

So stated Franklin Roosevelt.

Who knows, perhaps that's why the US President

and Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, traveled to Tehran

to meet with the Chairman of the USSR Council of People's Commissars.

Welcome to Tehran, Comrade Stalin.

- Have you warned the Americans? - I have, Comrade Stalin.

How was your flight, Mr. President?

It was alright, although pretty bumpy over Baghdad.

Marshal Stalin invites you to stay at the Russian mission.

I've already declined Churchill's invitation.

I don't think I can accept.

According to Russian intelligence, there are Nazi agents in Tehran.

And so?

Marshal Stalin fears that moving from one mission to another

might involve some unpleasant incidents.

Harry, what do you think about it?

Well, if it's a case of security...

Let's go to the Russians.

FDR is staying at the Russian mission.

Is this a joke?

The Russians told him there are at least 100 Nazi agents operating in the city.

What do you know about them?

We have no intelligence.

Uncle Joe is in the lead - 1:0.

Good to see you. I've looked forward to our meeting.

I am to blame

for the delay of this meeting.

Let's not look where to put the blame. We have met at last.

However, were it not for the threat of assassination from Nazi agents,

I would not be your guest now.

You seem not to believe in these Nazi agents.

If such a threat did exist,

I wouldn't be hiding at the Russian mission.

I think there are weightier arguments

for my being here.

After Kursk, Russia deserves the respect of the US President.

We counted on your wisdom.

And we weren't mistaken.

We'd better get down to our problem.

As a matter of fact...

we must discuss only one

important issue,

that of a second front.

All in all,

in this year alone,

Soviet troops have liberated

more than half of our territory.

They've destroyed 56 divisions,

over 13,000 tanks,

and over 14,000 aircraft.

Recently, the German High Command

has transferred 75 divisions

and a large amount of materiel from the West.

Despite that,

the Red Army continues

to hold a strong strategic initiative.

However,

to bring about the speediest defeat of Nazi Germany,

the Soviet people would like

a second front to be opened in the near future.

Gentlemen, we have come to Tehran

to set the exact date for the opening of the second front.

Henceforth, the road to a liberated Europe

must not lie only through Kursk

and across the Dnieper,

but also across the English Channel and through France.

That's the result of FDR staying with the Russians.

Invasion across the Channel would involve tremendous losses.

A war...

presupposes losses,

Mr. Churchill.

I propose the Balkans as a possible landing place.

Don't you forget that Tito's army controls a third of Yugoslavia

and that we can get support from him.

This is all very well.

Except, we'll be closest to the target across France.

This is a matter for the Chiefs of Staff.

Why?

Can't we decide it ourselves?

Let's decide it ourselves.

Happy New Year, fellow countrymen!

What a way to celebrate, on our feet.

Quite the jolly celebration!

It's fine, next year we'll celebrate in Berlin.

Come on! Come on!

Keep up, 1st Company!

Move it, Slavic brothers!

Move it! Move it!

- Hey, you gods of war! - Hey, Orlov!

- Shut the door. - Can I join you?

Move over.

Some loot for you:

rum!

I envy the infantry, they have all the luck.

You have to fight if you want this stuff, you know.

The Krauts cork it up so tight, it's hard to get to.

Just break the neck off. Don't you know how?

Trying to teach an infantryman, Tsvetayev?

Put out your glasses.

This is for you.

Thanks.

So...

to 1943, the old year, and to 1944, the new year.

And to victory!

To...

all of you staying alive.

To all the men staying alive. We'd die without you.

We'd simply die without you.

Zoya, my dear, don't be so mournful.

Tsvetayev and I will live forever,

we're bulletproof.

Bullets just bounce off us.

No more fuss, come on.

Happy New Year!

Screenwriters: YURI BONDAREV

OSKAR KURGANOV YURI OZEROV

Director: YURI OZEROV

Director of Photography: IGOR SLABNEVICH

Production Designer: ALEKSANDR MYAGKOV

Composer: Y. LEVITIN

Sound: Y. MIKHAILOV

Conductor: E. KHACHATURYAN

Unit Manager: J. KUN

Story Editor: G. MARIAMOV

Costume Designer: D. OZEROVA Make-up: V. YAKOVLEV

Editor: E. KARPOVA Pyrotechnician: V. SUKHORETSKY

Camera Operators: V. GUSEV, A. AKHMETOVA, V. ABRAMOV

Set Designers: I. FYODOROV and S. GAVRILOV

COMPOSITING

Camera Operators: E. SHTYRTSKOBER, G. ZAYTSEV

Set Designers: F. KRASNY, S. ZYABLIKOV

Modelmaker: V. SMIRNOV

Assistant Directors: E. AVAKOVA, L. BUSHAROVA, D. KUZNETSOV, O. NIKOLAEV

Assistant Camera Operators: A. DZHIRKVELOV, T. PROSHIN, A. SHUMILOV

Assistant Designers: V. GLASS, B. VOLSKIY, L. KUZMICHEVA

Lead Military Consultant: General of the Army S. SHTEMENKO

Military Consultants: Colonel General G. ORIOL

Colonel General A. RODIMTSEV Lieutenant General S. SINIAKOV

Colonel (GDR) J. WITZLEBEN

Production Manager: LIDIA KANAREYKINA

Assistant Managers: G. KRYLOV, S. POZDNYAKOV, V. ZEITLIN

Production Intern: T. ZUYEVA

CAST

Tsvetayev: N. OLYALIN Zoya: L. GOLUBKINA

Orlov: B. SEIDENBERG Sashka: S. NIKONENKO

Lukin: V. SANAYEV Gromov: V. SAMOYLOV

Vasiliev: Y. KAMORNY Dorozhkin: V. NOSIK

Janek: JAN ENGLERT (Poland) Maximov: V. AVDYUSHKO

Leontiev: I. OZEROV

Zhukov: M. ULYANOV Rokossovsky: V. DAVYDOV

Vasilevsky: Y. BURENKOV Vatutin: S. KHARCHENKO

Antonov: V. STRZHELCHIK Konev: Y. LEGKOV

Moskalenko: N. RUSHKOVSKY Rybalko: D. FRANKO

Katukov: K. ZABELIN

Stalin: BUKHUTI ZAKARIADZE

Roosevelt: S. JAŚKIEWICZ Churchill: Y. DUROV

Hitler: FRITZ DIEZ (GDR) Mussolini: IVO GARRANI (Italy)

Keitel: G. M. HENNEBERG (GDR) Manstein: S. WEISS (GDR)

Kluge: H. HASSE (GDR) Model: P. STURM (GDR)

Skorzeny: F. PIERSIC (Romania) Voice-over: A. KARAPETYAN

Helena: B. BRYLSKA (Poland) Henryk: D. OLBRYCHSKI (Poland)

Kowal: W. GLINSKI (Poland) Old Man: I. MACHOWSKI (Poland)

WITH TROOPS FROM THE KIEV, MOSCOW,

AND TRANSCAUCASIAN MILITARY DISTRICTS

Restoration Producer: KAREN SHAKHNAZAROV

© MOSFILM CINEMA CONCERN, 2020

END OF FILM TWO