Film

While Defending the Front Line

1965 · 1h 22m · War · Drama

IMDb

6.9

Volkhov Front in 1942. The young political instructor of the counter-propaganda department of the headquarters of the division Rusanov is torn to the forefront. Together with an experienced warrior — captain Shaternikov — the hero gets to the forefront and transmits from the sound transmission programs addressed to German soldiers. And in the hours of calm passes several kilometers in order to see Katya, the signal woman of a neighboring sector of the front.

Igor Kosukhin

Rusanov

Viktor Avdyushko

Shaternikov

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Katya

Vladimir Belokurov

Shorokhov

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Runge

Yuriy Solovyov

"crossbow"

Andrey Fayt

Popov

Gennadi Krashennikov

soldier

Aleksandr Anisimov

Sanya

Georgi Zhzhyonov

Sergei Nikolayevich

Grigoriy Aronov

german POW officer

Oleg Belov

soldier with the telephone

Vladimir Volchik

soviet officer

Rita Gladunko

signal woman

Nikolai Gubenko

Buryanov

Sergey Dreyden

soldier

• Yuliy FaytDirector
• Yuriy NagibinWriter · Story
• Vladimir ChumakDirector of Photography
• Boris ChaikovskyOriginal Music Composer
• Galina BaranovaEditor

Release date

May 31, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

War, Drama