The Third Blow (1948)
On April 1944, Joseph Stalin orders the Red Army to liberate the Crimea from the German occupiers. The Wehrmacht's local commanders beg Hitler to allow them to retreat from the vulnerable position, but he refuses. After a fierce battle, the Soviet forces destroy the German and Romanian units defending the peninsula and retake Sevastopol.
Director: Ihor Savchenko
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Ivan Pereverzev as General Yakov Kreizer |
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Mark Bernes as Sailor Chmega |
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Mikhail Astangov as General Erwin Jaenecke |
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Nikolai Bogolyubov as Kliment Voroshilov |
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Yuri Lavrov as Myustegib Fagil |
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Sergei Martinson as Adolf Hitler |
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Aleksey Dikiy as Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin |
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Viktor Stanitsyn as F. I. Tolbukhin |
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Mikhail Romanov as Alexey Antonov |
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Vladimir Batalov as Arzhanov, soldier of general Nevzorov's corps |
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Yurii Shumskyi as Marshal Vasilevskiy |
| Directing | Ihor Savchenko | Director |
| Writing | Arkadi Perventsev | Writer |
| Editing | Varvara Bondina | Editor |
| Art | Levan Shengelia | Production Design |
| Art | Morits Umanskiy | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anton Andzhan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Gorokhovskiy | Makeup Artist |
| Production | L. Koretsky | Production Manager |
| Production | L. Nezguretzkiy | Production Manager |
| Production | N. Vaintrob | Production Manager |
| Crew | A. Golonavov | Second Unit |
| Crew | V. Kanarskiy | Second Unit |
| Directing | Ya. Okrent | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Isaak Shmaruk | First Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Sulamif Tsybulnik | Assistant Director |
| Crew | A. Babiy | Sound Design Assistant |
| Crew | N. Mina | Sound Design Assistant |
| Sound | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Mikhail Kirillov | Director of Photography |