Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh

Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh

Drama, War, History | Dec. 1, 1974

In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also abandoned. The battles in the Luga direction held back the enemy. The first attacks of the Germans, intending to cross the Luga line on the move, were repulsed with heavy losses for them.

Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh

Drama, War, History | Dec. 1, 1974

Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh
In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also abandoned. The battles in the Luga direction held back the enemy. The first attacks of the Germans, intending to cross the Luga line on the move, were repulsed with heavy losses for them.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Блокада: Лужский рубеж
Directors L. Petrova, Yu. Makarov, Mikhail Yershov
Writers Mikhail Matusovsky, Aleksandr Chakovskiy, Arnold Vitol

Cast

Yuriy Solomin

as Aleksei Zvyagintsev

Yevgeni Lebedev

as Ivan Korolyov

Irina Akulova

as Vera Korolyova

Lev Zolotukhin

as Colonel Pavel Korolyov

Vladislav Strzhelchik

as Fyodor Valitskiy

Aleksandr Razin

as Anatoliy Valitskiy

Boris F. Gorbatov

as Joseph Stalin

Sergei Kharchenko

as Zhdanov

Daniil Sagal

as Marshal Voroshilov

Vasiliy Minin

as Marshal Timoshenko

Valentin Abramov

as Shaposhnikov, chief of staff

Anatoli Verbitsky

as Nikolay Kuznetsov

Mikhail Ulyanov

as Georgiy Zhukov

Roman Gromadskiy

as Aleksey Kuznetsov

Konstantin Malakhov

as General Popov

Stanislav Fesyunov

as Major General Fedyuninsky

V. Voronov

as Voronov, Colonel General of Artillery

Radij Afanasyev

as Lindeman

Vladimiras Lido

as Gorodetskiy

Yuri Kuranin

as Yevstigneyev, chief of the intelligence dep. of the front HQ

Jonas Lalas

as Boris Bychevskiy, chief of engineering troops

Yuriy Alekseev

as Pyadyshev

Oleg Korchikov

as Kozin

Lev Lemke

as Zaltsman, director of the Kirov factory

Vasili Korzun

as Kravtsov

Anatoli Alidin

as Chorokhov

Nikolai Fyodortsov

as Surovtsev

Nikolay Trofimov

as Yevgeniy Pastukhov

Ivan Krasko

as Senior Lieutenant Gorelov

Nikolay Kuzmin

as Zhogin

Stanislav Stankevich

as Adolf Hitler

Juozas Budraitis

as Danvitz

Serhii Smeian

as Franz Halder

Boris Sitko

as Gering

Vladimir Zeldin

as Wilhelm von Leeb

Valentin Ivanov

as Ribbentrop

Aleksandr Bershadskiy

as Heinrich Himmler

Sergei Chernov

as Joseph Goebbels

Valentina Balabina

as Mariya Valitskaya

Yuriy Bashkov

as Military commissar

Igor Bezgin

as Lieutenant General Novikov, Air Force Commander

Sergey Dvoretskiy

as Vasya Razgovorov, driver

Valeriy Doronin

as German soldier, translator

Dmitriy Zebrov

as German soldier on a motorcycle

Vladimir Kalish

as Toyvo, scout

Vladimir Karpenko

as Soviet soldier, adjutant

Anatoly Korolkevich

as Tram driver

Vasiliy Krasnov

as Infantry Corps Commander

Nikolay Levitskiy

as Molotov

Vasili Leonov

as Kadrovik

Aleksandr Massarskiy

as German rapist

M. Pavlyuchenko

as Major General

Pavel Pervushin

as Yegor

Albert Pechnikov

as Roslyy, Petty officer from the cruiser "Leningrad"

L. Prokopenko

as Worker

Vladimir Skoropad

as German officer, tankman

Yuri Maltsev

as Khozin

Leontina Dyomina

as Leningrader

Aleksandr Afanasev

as Kovalyov, communications chief

Ivanas Jefimovas

as Uchastnik soveschaniya

Ivanas Petrovas

as Sovet soldier

G. Belov

as Sovet general

Maya Blinova

as Duty at the hotel

Nina Chekmaryova

as Varvara Semyonova

Aleksey Erin

as Citizen on the street

Nikolay Gavrilov

as Na voennom sobranii

V. Lebedev

as German officer

D. Obraztsov

as Keytel

Antanas Pikelis

as Uchastnik soveschaniya

Adolf Shestakov

as German soldier, adjutant

Boris Smeltsov

as Sovet soldier

Igor Efimov

as Narrator