Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow

★ 6.0IMDb Score
Released:1971-03-27
Genre:War,Drama
Duration:125 min
Director:Yuri Ozerov
Actors:Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Zajdenberg, Mikhail Ulyanov, Vladlen Davydov
Production:Zespół Filmowy "Start", Mosfilm, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Keywords:world war ii

Overview:

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.

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