Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

125 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 21, 1970

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.

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

125 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 21, 1970

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Mosfilm, De Laurentiis, DEFA, ZRF "Start"
Original title Освобождение 3: Направление главного удара
Directors Yuri Ozerov
Writers Oskar Kurganov, Yuri Bondarev, Yuri Ozerov

Cast

Mikhail Ulyanov

as Maršál Žukov

Fritz Diez

as Hitler

Nikolay Olyalin

as Cvetajev

Vladlen Davydov

as Gen. Rokossovsky

Evgeni Burenkov

as Gen. Vasilevsky

Viktor Baykov

as Vyacheslav Molotov

Mikhail Nozhkin

as Yartsev

Bukhuti Zakariadze

as Stalin

Vasiliy Shukshin

as Gen. Konev

Nikolai Rybnikov

as Gen. Panov

Yury Durov

as Sir Winston Churchill

Vladislav Strzhelchik

as Gen. Antonov

Anatoli Romashin

as Gen. Shatilov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

as Gen. Telegin

Ivan Pereverzev

as Gen. Chuykov

Sergei Kharchenko

as Gen. Vatutin

Dmitri Franko

as Gen. Rybalko

Mykola Rushkovsky

as Gen. Moskalenko

Aleksandr Afanasev

as Lelyushenko

Elizaveta Alekseeva

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Fred Alexander

as Elyesa Bazna

Ingrīda Andriņa

as German woman begging for peace

Viktor Avdyushko

as Maximov

Iren Azer

as Tanechka

Aleksandr Barushnoy

as Alan Brooke

Manfred Bendik

as Major Ernst John von Freyend

Paul Berndt

as Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim / Arthur Axmann

Max Bernhardt

as Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Erno Bertoli

as Pierre Pouyade

Martha Beschort-Diez

as Old Woman in Berlin

Nikolai Bogolyubov

as Kliment Voroshilov

Viktor Bortsov

as Grigory Oriol

Barbara Brylska

as Helena

Georgi Burkov

as Russian soldier

Otto Busse

as Heinz Linge

Ralf Böhmke

as Adolf Hamann

Otto Dierichs

as Erwin von Witzleben

Yuliya Dioshi

as Magda Goebbels

Werner Dissel

as Alfred Jodl

Leonid Dovlatov

as Sergei Galadzhev

Jan Englert

as Janek

Nikolay Eryomenko

as Josip Broz Tito

Olev Eskola

as German Officer

Fritz Ernst Fechner

as Heinz Brandt

Ivo Garrani

as Mussolini

Vladimir Gerasimov

as Kruglikov

Erich Gerberding

as Ernst Busch

Horst Giese

as Sapper Bruno Fermella / Joseph Goebbels

Horst Gill

as Otto Günsche

Aleksey Glazyrin

as Panteleimon Ponomarenko

Pyotr Glebov

as Rotmistrov

Wieńczysław Gliński

as Blacksmith

Mikhail Gluzskiy

as Sgt. Ryazhentsev