The Star (1949 film)
| The Star | |
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Ivanov |
| Written by | Pavel Furmanskiy Emmanuil Kazakevich |
| Produced by | Pavel Armand Iosif Gindin Aleksandr Ivanov |
| Starring | Anatoly Verbitsky Alexey Pokrovsky Oleg Zhakov |
| Cinematography | Sergei Ivanov Vladimir Rapoport |
| Music by | Venedikt Pushkov |
Production company | |
Release date | 21 September 1953 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Star (Russian: Звезда, romanized: Zvezda) is a 1953 Soviet war film directed by Aleksandr Ivanov and starring Anatoly Verbitsky, Alexey Pokrovsky and Oleg Zhakov. The film was completed in 1949, but was not released for four years.[1] It portrays a group of Soviet soldiers who are cut off and surrounded by German troops during the Second World War.
Cast
- Anatoly Verbitsky as Group Commander Lieutenant Travkin
- Alexey Pokrovsky as Political Officer Lieutenant Meshcheryakov
- Irina Radchenko as Kate Simakova
- Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Radio operator Tatiana Ulybysheva
- Oleg Zhakov as Colonel Serbichenko
- Movsoum Sanani as Chief of Staff of the Division / Colonel Aliyev
- Nikolay Kryuchkov as Sgt. Mamochkin
- Vasiliy Merkurev as Anikanov
- Pavel Volkov as Scout
- Vladimir Marev as Scout
- Yu Abikh as Scout Yura Golubovsky
- N. Stepanov as Scout Brazhnikov
- Viktor Kulakov as Head of the Division's Intelligence
- Georgy Satini as Degtyarev captain
- Lev Stepanov as German
- Evgeniy Teterin as German General
References
- ^ Liehm & Liehm p.63
Bibliography
- Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
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