Soldiers of Freedom

Soldiers of Freedom
Directed by Yuri Ozerov
Written by Oscar Kurganov
Starring Mikhail Ulyanov
Yevgeny Matveyev
Vasily Lanovoy
Music by Yuri Levitin
Cinematography Igor Slabnevich
Production
company
Release dates
 1977
Running time
 599 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Soldiers of Freedom (Russian: Солдаты свободы) is a 1977 film directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. Soldiers of Freedom is the World War II historical drama.

Plot

The picture consists four parts. Soldiers of Freedom filmed in a genre of the historical chronicle. Film reflects following events of Second World War: capitulation of Friedrich Paulus's Sixth Army's assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942; preparation of Revolt in Slovakia; negotiations of the Polish communists with Władysław Sikorski's government about joint struggle against fascism; creation of National Committee of Domestic Front in Bulgaria and preparation by underground workers-communists of armed revolt, expansion of guerrilla movement; a failure of the next attempt of Germans to destroy People's Liberation Army of Josip Broz Tito; one of the largest military operations, Bagration; the beginning of clearing of Poland, creation of the National government in Lublin, the Warsaw Uprising; capitulation of Bór-Komorowski and defeat of the Polish patriots, the introduction of the Soviet and Polish armies into Warsaw.

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