War ·History · Soviet Union · 1948 · 1h 46m

The Third Blow

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Director
Ihor Savchenko
Cast
Ivan Pereverzev as General Yakov Kreizer Mark Bernes as Sailor Chmega Mikhail Astangov as General Erwin Jaenecke Nikolai Bogolyubov as Kliment Voroshilov Yuri Lavrov as Myustegib Fagil Sergei Martinson as Adolf Hitler
Crew
Mikhail Kirillov — Director of Photography Varvara Bondina — Editor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Original Music Composer Arkadi Perventsev — Writer Levan Shengelia — Production Design Morits Umanskiy — Production Design
Synopsis

On April 1944, Joseph Stalin orders the Red Army to liberate the Crimea from the German occupiers. The Wehrmacht's local commanders beg Hitler to allow them to retreat from the vulnerable position, but he refuses. After a fierce battle, the Soviet forces destroy the German and Romanian units defending the peninsula and retake Sevastopol.

Key Collaborators
Ihor Savchenko Director Mikhail Kirillov Director of Photography Varvara Bondina Editor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Original Music Composer Arkadi Perventsev Writer Levan Shengelia Production Design Morits Umanskiy Production Design
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