Documentary ·War · United States of America · 1943 · 1h 23m

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Director

Cast

Anthony Veiller as Narrator Ion Antonescu as Self Nikolai Cherkasov as Alexander Nevsky Miklós Horthy as Self Alfred Jodl as Self King Boris III as Self

Crew

Robert Flaherty — Director of Photography William Hornbeck — Editor Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer Frank Capra — Producer

Synopsis

The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

Mood & Themes

world war ii

Key Collaborators

Frank Capra Director Anatole Litvak Director Robert Flaherty Director of Photography William Hornbeck Editor Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Frank Capra Producer

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