Liberation: The Fire Bulge

Liberation: The Fire Bulge

93 mins | Drama, War | May 7, 1970

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Liberation: The Fire Bulge

93 mins | Drama, War | May 7, 1970

Liberation: The Fire Bulge
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Mosfilm, DEFA, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Avala Film, Zespól Filmowy "Start"
Original title Освобождение: Огненная Дуга
Directors Zbigniew Kociuba, Julius Kun, Yuri Ozerov
Writers Oskar Kurganov, Yuri Bondarev, Yuri Ozerov

Cast

Nikolay Olyalin

as Tsvetaev

Boris Zajdenberg

as Capt. Orlov

Sergey Nikonenko

as Sashka

Vsevolod Sanayev

as Lukin

Vladimir Samoylov

as Gromov

Yuri Kamornyj

as Vasilev

Valeriy Nosik

as Dorozhkin

Jan Englert

as Janek Wolny

Viktor Avdyushko

as Maksimov

Igor Ozerov

as Leontyev

Mikhail Ulyanov

as Gen. Zhukov

Vladlen Davydov

as Gen. Rokossovsky

Evgeni Burenkov

as Gen. Vasilevsky

Sergei Kharchenko

as Gen. Vatutin

Vladislav Strzhelchik

as Gen. Antonov

Mykola Rushkovsky

as Gen. Moskalenko

Dmitri Franko

as Gen. Rybalko

Konstantin Zabelin

as General Mikhail Katukov

Bukhuti Zakariadze

as Josef Stalin

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

as Roosevelt

Yury Durov

as Churchill

Fritz Diez

as Adolf Hitler

Ivo Garrani

as Mussolini

Gerd Michael Henneberg

as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

Siegfried Weiß

as Erich von Manstein

Hannjo Hasse

as General Fieldmarshal Günther von Kluge

Peter Sturm

as Generaloberst Walter Model

Florin Piersic

as Otto Skorzeny

Artyom Karapetyan

as Narrator (voice)

Viktor Baykov

as Vyacheslav Molotov

Georgi Burkov

as Sergeant

Hans-Hartmut Krüger

as General Hans Krebs

Yuri Pomerantsev

as General Andrei Vlasov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

as Gen. Telegin