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Front Without Flanks

A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.

1974 |2h 50m |  War, Drama

Cast

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Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major

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Oleg Zhakov

grandfather Matvey Egorovich

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Galina Polskikh

Zina, the nurse

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Semyon Morozov

Seregin, captain

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Yevgeni Shutov

Ohrim Shmil

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Ivan Pereverzev

Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)

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Vladimir Ivashov

Afanasyev, captain

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Vladimir Zamanskiy

Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment

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Aleksandr Denisov

Vakulenchuk, midshipman

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Tofig Mirzayev

Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner

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Valentin Pechnikov

Petr Sergeevich Ivanov

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Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev

Simon Bondarenko

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Svetlana Sukhovey

Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator

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Aleksey Borzunov

Petrenko, lieutenant

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Pavel Kormunin

Ignat Osyka

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Lyudmila Polyakova

Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm

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Anatoliy Solovyov

Zakhar Petrovich

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Mikhail Turchenkov

Mishka Turchenkov

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Boris Bibikov

grandfather Misha

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Vera Kuznetsova

Misha's grandmother

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Aleksandr Lukyanov

Andrey Lukyanov, sailor

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Vladimir Samoylov

Ermolaev

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Vsevolod Safonov

Sadovnikov

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Viktor Shulgin

Victor Sergeevich Khvat

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Konstantin Zheldin

Kurt Schmidt

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Raisa Kurkina

Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky

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Vladimir Ferapontov

soldier with balalaika

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Boris Yurchenko

Yurchenko, scout

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Mikhail Rozanov

partisans

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Anvar Boranbaev

Beisembaev

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Mariya Skvortsova

Grandma Anastasia

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Elena Volskaya

Fenya

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Evgeniy Markov

German von Horne headquarters officer

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Yelizaveta Kuzyurina

refugee

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Aleksandr Lebedev

Sokirka, partisan

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Nikolai Yudin

grandfather

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Feliks Yavorsky

intelligence chief

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Vladimir Lippart

wounded soldier

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Nikolay Smorchkov

partisan sailor

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Hannjo Hasse

Colonel General von Horn

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Jürgen Frohriep

Colonel Kempe

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Harry Pietzsch

Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf

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Horst Schulze

general

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Filimon Sergeyev

episode

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Valeri Anisimov

офицер штаба

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Nikolay Gorlov

немецкий офицер (нет в титрах)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Russian

Budget

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Revenue

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