While Defending the Front Line

While Defending the Front Line

82 mins | Drama, War | May 31, 1965

Volkhov Front in 1942. The young political instructor of the counter-propaganda department of the headquarters of the division Rusanov is torn to the forefront. Together with an experienced warrior — captain Shaternikov — the hero gets to the forefront and transmits from the sound transmission programs addressed to German soldiers. And in the hours of calm passes several kilometers in order to see Katya, the signal woman of a neighboring sector of the front.

While Defending the Front Line

82 mins | Drama, War | May 31, 1965

While Defending the Front Line
Volkhov Front in 1942. The young political instructor of the counter-propaganda department of the headquarters of the division Rusanov is torn to the forefront. Together with an experienced warrior — captain Shaternikov — the hero gets to the forefront and transmits from the sound transmission programs addressed to German soldiers. And in the hours of calm passes several kilometers in order to see Katya, the signal woman of a neighboring sector of the front.
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Пока фронт в обороне
Directors Yuliy Fayt
Writers Yuriy Nagibin

Cast

Igor Kosukhin

as Rusanov

Viktor Avdyushko

as Shaternikov

Vladimir Belokurov

as Shorokhov

Yuriy Solovyov

as "crossbow"

Andrey Fayt

as Popov

Georgi Zhzhyonov

as Sergei Nikolayevich

Grigoriy Aronov

as german POW officer

Oleg Belov

as soldier with the telephone

Vladimir Volchik

as soviet officer

Rita Gladunko

as signal woman

Nikolai Gubenko

as Buryanov

Sergei Dreiden

as soldier

Vladislav Kovalkov

as Logvin

Vladimir Kostin

as Chernetsov

Georgi Kulbush

as german POW soldier

Vladimir Lippart

as military storekeeper

Vera Lipstok

as signal woman

Pavel Pervushin

as soviet officer

Lev Stepanov

as military interpreter

Viktor Terekhov

as soldier

Oleg Khromenkov

as Fryazev