The Immortal Garrison (1956)
The Immortal Garrison is set in June of 1941, at the outset of the Nazi invasion of Russia. A group of Soviet servicemen, languidly biding their time at the Brest fortress on the Polish border, are suddenly galvanized into action. All desires to return home to their wives and sweethearts are swept aside as the courageous garrison unites to thwart a common enemy. The siege of Brest has served as story material for countless Russian films: in lieu of contradictory evidence, Immortal Garrison must be adjudged the best of these films. For its American release, Immortal Garrison was double-featured with another Soviet production, The Mexican.
Director: Zakhar Agranenko
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Vasiliy Makarov as Baturin |
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Vladimir Yemelyanov as Kondratiev |
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Nikolay Kryuchkov as Kukharkov |
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Anatoli Chemodurov as Rudenko |
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Valentina Serova as Maria Nikolayevna |
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Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Aleksandra Petrovna |
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Antonina Bogdanova as |
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Gennady Sayfulin as |
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Feliks Yavorsky as |
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Yevgeni Teterin as |
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Leonid Chubarov as |
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R. Bove as |
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Arkadiy Vovsi as Coachman |
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Elena Savchenko as |
| Directing | Zakhar Agranenko | Director |
| Writing | Konstantin Simonov | Writer |
| Art | Abram Freydin | Production Design |
| Camera | Eduard Tisse | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Eduard Tisse | Co-Director |
| Sound | Venyamin Basner | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | V. Viktorov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Golyshev | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Veniamin Kirshenbaum | Sound Director |
| Writing | V. Leonov | Script Editor |
| Editing | Tatyana Likhachyova | Editor |
| Directing | Dzhanet Tambieva | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Pyotr Satunovsky | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Boris Sokolov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksey Danduryan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anton Andzhan | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | F. Konovalov | Military Consultant |
| Visual Effects | Vasiliy Golikov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Grigoriy Ayzenberg | VFX Director of Photography |
| Production | Lev Arnshtam | Producer |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gamburg | Conductor |
| Production | Osman Karaev | Executive Producer |