Front Without Flanks (1975)
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.
Director:
Igor Gostev
Writer:
Semyon Tsvigun
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major |
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Oleg Zhakov as grandfather Matvey Egorovich |
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Galina Polskikh as Zina, the nurse |
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Semyon Morozov as Seregin, captain |
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Yevgeni Shutov as Ohrim Shmil |
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Ivan Pereverzev as Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov) |
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Vladimir Ivashov as Afanasyev, captain |
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Vladimir Zamanskiy as Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment |
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Aleksandr Denisov as Vakulenchuk, midshipman |
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Tofik Mirzoyev as Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner |
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Valentin Pechnikov as Petr Sergeevich Ivanov |
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Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev as Simon Bondarenko |
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Svetlana Sukhovey as Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator |
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Aleksey Borzunov as Petrenko, lieutenant |
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Pavel Kormunin as Ignat Osyka |
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Lyudmila Polyakova as Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm |
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Anatoliy Solovyov as Zakhar Petrovich |
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Mikhail Turchenkov as Mishka Turchenkov |
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Yura Kasatkin as Alyosha, grandson of Matvey Egorovich |
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Boris Bibikov as grandfather Misha |
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Vera Kuznetsova as Misha's grandmother |
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Aleksandr Lukyanov as Andrey Lukyanov, sailor |
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Nikolay Polishchuk as Sasha Polishchuk, sailor |
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Vladimir Samoylov as Ermolaev |
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Vsevolod Safonov as Sadovnikov |
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Viktor Shulgin as Victor Sergeevich Khvat |
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Konstantin Zheldin as Kurt Schmidt |
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Raisa Kurkina as Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky |
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Vladimir Ferapontov as soldier with balalaika |
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Boris Yurchenko as Yurchenko, scout |
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Mikhail Rozanov as partisans |
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Anvar Boranbaev as Beisembaev |
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Mariya Skvortsova as Grandma Anastasia |
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Elena Volskaya as Fenya |
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Yevgeniy Markov as German von Horne headquarters officer |
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Yelizaveta Kuzyurina as refugee |
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Aleksandr Lebedev as Sokirka, partisan |
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Nikolai Yudin as grandfather |
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Feliks Yavorsky as intelligence chief |
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Vladimir Lippart as wounded soldier |
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Nikolay Smorchkov as partisan sailor |
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Viktor Volkov as tankman |
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Hannjo Hasse as Colonel General von Horn |
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Jürgen Frohriep as Colonel Kempe |
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Harry Pietzsch as Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf |
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Horst Schulze as general |
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Filimon Sergeyev as episode |
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Valeri Anisimov as офицер штаба |
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Nikolay Gorlov as немецкий офицер (нет в титрах) |
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Valeriy Strukov as german SS officer |
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Ekaterina Veresova as |
| Directing | Igor Gostev | Director |
| Writing | Semyon Tsvigun | Novel |
| Sound | Venyamin Basner | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mikhail Matusovsky | Lyricist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maya Filippova | Costume Design |
| Editing | L. Nisunova | Editor |
| Editing | Valentina Yankovskaya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ada Dukhavina | Costume Design |
| Camera | Aleksandr Kharitonov | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zoya Dudarova | Costume Design |
| Writing | Semyon Tsvigun | Screenplay |
| Art | Vasiliy Golikov | Production Design |
| Art | Aleksandr Samulekin | Production Design |
| Sound | Leonid Bulgakov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Vasilyev | Conductor |
| Crew | Viktor Kulikov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Nikolay Smirnov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Valentin Druzhinin | Military Consultant |
| Writing | G. Iverin | Script Consultant |
| Writing | G. Korshunov | Script Consultant |
| Writing | M. Pirogov | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Boris Kremnyov | Script Editor |
| Writing | Yelena Skidanenko | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Directing | K. Starostin | Assistant Director |
| Camera | A. Morshch | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Aleksandr Vikhanskiy | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vladimir Polyanskiy | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyubov Maksimovich | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Maslova | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | German Shimkovich | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | B. Volskiy | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | L. Lebedev | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | V. Pugachev | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Directing | R. Nagornaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | D. Orlov | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Boris Bondarenko | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | B. Shirokov | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Lazar Milkis | Executive Producer |