Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge (1970)
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
Director: Yuri Ozerov
| Camera | Igor Slabnevich | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Yuri Ozerov | Director |
| Writing | Yuri Bondarev | Writer |
| Writing | Oskar Kurganov | Writer |
| Writing | Yuri Ozerov | Writer |
| Art | Aleksandr Myagkov | Production Design |
| Editing | Ekaterina Karpova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dilyara Ozerova | Costume Design |
| Sound | Yuriy Levitin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yuri Mikhailov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
| Writing | Grigoriy Mariamov | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup & Hair |
| Visual Effects | V. Sukhoretsky | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Camera | Vladimir Gusev | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Amina Akhmetova | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vitaly Abramov | Camera Operator |
| Art | I. Fyodorov | Set Designer |
| Art | Svyatoslav Gavrilov | Set Designer |
| Visual Effects | Edgar Shtyrtskober | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Grigoriy Zaytsev | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Fedor Krasniy | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | S. Zyablikov | VFX Supervisor |
| Art | V. Smirnov | Construction Manager |
| Directing | Elena Avakova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lyubov Busharova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | D. Kuznetsov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | O. Nikolaev | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | A. Shumilov | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Valentin Glass | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | B. Volskiy | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Kuzmicheva | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Sergei Shtemenko | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Grigory Oryol | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Aleksandr Rodimtsev | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Sergey Sinyakov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Job von Witzleben | Military Consultant |
| Directing | T. Zueva | First Assistant Director Trainee |
| Production | German Krylov | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | S. Pozdyankov | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Vladimir Tseytlin | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Bohdan Czeszko | Production Consultant |
| Production | Zbigniew Załuski | Production Consultant |
| Production | Zbigniew Kociuba | Production Consultant |
| Production | Arsen Diklić | Production Consultant |
| Production | Vlastimir Radovanović | Production Consultant |
| Production | Kurt Lichterfeld | Production Consultant |
| Production | Yuri Dzhorogov | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lidiya Kanareykina | Executive Producer |
| Camera | T. Proshin | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Yuli Kun | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Tamara Zueva | Production Intern |