Poster of Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Plot: 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
Release Date: Wednesday, October 21 1970
53 years ago
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Portrait of Mikhail UlyanovMikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Ulyanov was
42 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Maršál Žukov'.
Sun, Nov 20 1927 –
Mon, Mar 26 2007
Portrait of Fritz DiezFritz Diez
Fritz Diez was
69 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Hitler'.
Thu, Feb 28 1901 –
Fri, Oct 19 1979
Portrait of Nikolay OlyalinNikolay Olyalin
Nikolay Olyalin was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Cvetajev'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Vladlen DavydovVladlen Davydov
Vladlen Davydov was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Rokossovsky'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Evgeni BurenkovEvgeni Burenkov
Evgeni Burenkov was
45 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Vasilevsky'.
Sun, Dec 07 1924 –
Wed, Apr 19 1989
Portrait of Aleksandr TitovAleksandr Titov
Aleksandr Titov was
57 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as ''.
Wed, Oct 08 1913 –
Fri, Aug 23 1985
Portrait of Viktor BaykovViktor Baykov
Viktor Baykov was
47 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Vyacheslav Molotov'.
Fri, Nov 10 1922 –
Sat, Jul 03 1993
Portrait of Valentin GrachyovValentin Grachyov
Valentin Grachyov was
30 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Anatoliy Golbov'.
Fri, Jun 28 1940 –
Thu, Dec 28 1995
Portrait of Mikhail NozhkinMikhail Nozhkin
Mikhail Nozhkin was
33 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Yartsev'.
Tue, Jan 19 1937
Portrait of Larisa GolubkinaLarisa Golubkina
Larisa Golubkina was
30 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Zoya'.
Sat, Mar 09 1940
Portrait of Bukhuti ZakariadzeBukhuti Zakariadze
Bukhuti Zakariadze was
57 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Stalin'.
Fri, Jun 13 1913 –
Fri, Feb 12 1988
Portrait of Vasiliy ShukshinVasiliy Shukshin
Vasiliy Shukshin was
41 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Konev'.
Thu, Jul 25 1929 –
Wed, Oct 02 1974
Portrait of Nikolai RybnikovNikolai Rybnikov
Nikolai Rybnikov was
39 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Panov'.
Sat, Dec 13 1930 –
Mon, Oct 22 1990
Portrait of Yury DurovYury Durov
Yury Durov was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Sir Winston Churchill'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Vladislav StrzhelchikVladislav Strzhelchik
Vladislav Strzhelchik was
49 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Antonov'.
Mon, Jan 31 1921 –
Mon, Sep 11 1995
Portrait of Anatoli RomashinAnatoli Romashin
Anatoli Romashin was
39 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Shatilov'.
Thu, Jan 01 1931 –
Tue, Aug 08 2000
Portrait of Pyotr ShcherbakovPyotr Shcherbakov
Pyotr Shcherbakov was
41 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Telegin'.
Sun, Jul 21 1929 –
Mon, Mar 16 1992
Portrait of Ivan PereverzevIvan Pereverzev
Ivan Pereverzev was
56 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Chuykov'.
Thu, Sep 03 1914 –
Sun, Apr 23 1978
Portrait of Sergei KharchenkoSergei Kharchenko
Sergei Kharchenko was
47 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Vatutin'.
Sat, Sep 01 1923 –
Sun, Aug 27 1995
Portrait of Dmytro FrankoDmytro Franko
Dmytro Franko was
56 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Rybalko'.
Sat, Oct 25 1913 –
Thu, Nov 04 1982
Portrait of Mykola RushkovskyMykola Rushkovsky
Mykola Rushkovsky was
45 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Gen. Moskalenko'.
Mon, May 11 1925 –
Wed, Dec 05 2018
Portrait of Aleksandr AfanasevAleksandr Afanasev
Aleksandr Afanasev was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Lelyushenko'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Tõnu AavTõnu Aav
Tõnu Aav was
31 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'German officer in a concentration camp'.
Sat, Jan 21 1939 –
Wed, Aug 14 2019
Portrait of Elizaveta AlekseevaElizaveta Alekseeva
Elizaveta Alekseeva was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Eleanor Roosevelt'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Fred AlexanderFred Alexander
Fred Alexander was
43 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Elyesa Bazna'.
Thu, Jun 16 1927 –
Sat, Dec 15 2012
Portrait of Ingrīda AndriņaIngrīda Andriņa
Ingrīda Andriņa was
26 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'German woman begging for peace'.
Fri, Jun 23 1944 –
Thu, Sep 17 2015
Portrait of Viktor AvdyushkoViktor Avdyushko
Viktor Avdyushko was
45 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Maximov'.
Sun, Jan 11 1925 –
Wed, Nov 19 1975
Portrait of Iren AzerIren Azer
Iren Azer was
21 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Tanechka'.
Sun, Sep 18 1949
Portrait of Aleksandr BarushnoyAleksandr Barushnoy
Aleksandr Barushnoy was
55 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Alan Brooke'.
Sat, Nov 07 1914 –
Tue, Apr 19 1977
Portrait of Manfred BendikManfred Bendik
Manfred Bendik was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Major Ernst John von Freyend'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Paul BerndtPaul Berndt
Paul Berndt was
38 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim / Arthur Axmann'.
Fri, Jan 01 1932 –
Sat, Jan 01 2011
Portrait of Max BernhardtMax Bernhardt
Max Bernhardt was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Carl Friedrich Goerdeler'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Erno BertoliErno Bertoli
Erno Bertoli was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Pierre Pouyade'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Martha Beschort-DiezMartha Beschort-Diez
Martha Beschort-Diez was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Old Woman in Berlin'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Nikolai BogolyubovNikolai Bogolyubov
Nikolai Bogolyubov was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Kliment Voroshilov'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Viktor BortsovViktor Bortsov
Viktor Bortsov was
36 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Grigory Oriol'.
Thu, Jun 14 1934 –
Tue, May 20 2008
Portrait of Barbara BrylskaBarbara Brylska
Barbara Brylska was
29 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Helena'.
Thu, Jun 05 1941
Portrait of Georgi BurkovGeorgi Burkov
Georgi Burkov was
37 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Russian soldier'.
Wed, May 31 1933 –
Thu, Jul 19 1990
Portrait of Otto BusseOtto Busse
Otto Busse was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Heinz Linge'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Ralf BöhmkeRalf Böhmke
Ralf Böhmke was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Adolf Hamann'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Otto DierichsOtto Dierichs
Otto Dierichs was
70 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Erwin von Witzleben'.
Fri, Mar 23 1900 –
Tue, Sep 12 1978
Portrait of Yuliya DioshiYuliya Dioshi
Yuliya Dioshi was
44 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Magda Goebbels'.
Mon, Jan 04 1926 –
Fri, Jul 06 2018
Portrait of Werner DisselWerner Dissel
Werner Dissel was
58 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Alfred Jodl'.
Mon, Aug 26 1912 –
Wed, Jan 22 2003
Portrait of Leonid DovlatovLeonid Dovlatov
Leonid Dovlatov was
50 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Sergei Galadzhev'.
Sat, Jun 12 1920 –
Sat, Oct 13 2012
Portrait of Yuriy DubrovinYuriy Dubrovin
Yuriy Dubrovin was
31 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'messenger sent to Leontyev'.
Tue, Aug 01 1939 –
Sun, Dec 04 2022
Portrait of Jan EnglertJan Englert
Jan Englert was
27 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Janek'.
Tue, May 11 1943
Portrait of Nikolay EryomenkoNikolay Eryomenko
Nikolay Eryomenko was
47 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Josip Broz Tito'.
Wed, Jun 20 1923 –
Fri, Jun 30 2000
Portrait of Olev EskolaOlev Eskola
Olev Eskola was
55 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'German Officer'.
Wed, Nov 18 1914 –
Wed, Apr 04 1990
Portrait of Fritz Ernst FechnerFritz Ernst Fechner
Fritz Ernst Fechner was
49 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Heinz Brandt'.
Mon, Jul 25 1921 –
Mon, Dec 19 2005
Portrait of Ivo GarraniIvo Garrani
Ivo Garrani was
46 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Mussolini'.
Wed, Feb 06 1924 –
Wed, Mar 25 2015
Portrait of Vladimir GerasimovVladimir Gerasimov
Vladimir Gerasimov was
20 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Kruglikov'.
Thu, Aug 31 1950
Portrait of Erich GerberdingErich Gerberding
Erich Gerberding was
49 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Ernst Busch'.
Sat, Oct 15 1921 –
Sat, May 24 1986
Portrait of Horst GieseHorst Giese
Horst Giese was
44 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Sapper Bruno Fermella / Joseph Goebbels'.
Sun, Jan 31 1926 –
Mon, Dec 29 2008
Portrait of Horst GillHorst Gill
Horst Gill was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Otto Günsche'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Aleksey GlazyrinAleksey Glazyrin
Aleksey Glazyrin was
48 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Panteleimon Ponomarenko'.
Tue, Aug 01 1922 –
Tue, Apr 13 1971
Portrait of Pyotr GlebovPyotr Glebov
Pyotr Glebov was
55 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Rotmistrov'.
Tue, Apr 13 1915 –
Mon, Apr 17 2000
Portrait of Wieńczysław GlińskiWieńczysław Gliński
Wieńczysław Gliński was
49 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Blacksmith'.
Tue, May 10 1921 –
Tue, Jul 08 2008
Portrait of Mikhail GluzskiyMikhail Gluzskiy
Mikhail Gluzskiy was
51 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
as 'Sgt. Ryazhentsev'.
Thu, Nov 21 1918 –
Fri, Jun 15 2001

Crew

Portrait of Yuri OzerovYuri Ozerov
Director, Writer
Yuri Ozerov was
49 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Wed, Jan 26 1921 –
Mon, Oct 15 2001
Portrait of Igor SlabnevichIgor Slabnevich
Director of Photography
Igor Slabnevich was
49 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Mon, Apr 11 1921 –
Thu, Jun 07 2007
Portrait of Yuri BondarevYuri Bondarev
Writer
Yuri Bondarev was
46 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Sat, Mar 15 1924
Portrait of Oskar KurganovOskar Kurganov
Writer
Oskar Kurganov was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Dino De LaurentiisDino De Laurentiis
Producer
Dino De Laurentiis was
51 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Fri, Aug 08 1919 –
Thu, Nov 11 2010
Portrait of Lidija KanarejkinaLidija Kanarejkina
Producer
Lidija Kanarejkina was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Ekaterina KarpovaEkaterina Karpova
Editor
Ekaterina Karpova was
>> in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Aram KhachaturyanAram Khachaturyan
Additional Music
Aram Khachaturyan was
67 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Sat, Jun 06 1903 –
Mon, May 01 1978
Portrait of Yuriy LevitinYuriy Levitin
Original Music Composer
Yuriy Levitin was
57 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Sat, Dec 28 1912 –
Mon, Jul 26 1993
Portrait of Aleksandr MyagkovAleksandr Myagkov
Production Design
Aleksandr Myagkov was
47 in Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Thu, Jul 12 1923 –
Fri, Mar 01 2002