The Great Battle / Osvobozhdenie / Liberation / Освобождение (1968-1971)

Director: Yuriy Ozerov, Julius Kun
Writers: Yuri Bondarev, Oskar Kurganov
Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Zajdenberg

Country: Soviet Union (Россия)

Yuri Ozerov's epic historical film "The Great Battle" is composed of five films about the events of the WWII.


The film first. The Fiery Shaft-bow / Arc of Fire / The Fire Bulge / Ognennaya duga / Огненная дуга
The film tells of a grand battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 it had been the largest in the history of World War II tank battle. Along with the personal fate of the characters in the film shows the battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence services, those who worked at the front and rear.

Film second. Breakthrough / Proryv / Прорыв
The film is dedicated to the Battle of the Dnieper and the offensive of Soviet troops in 1944 in the center of this movie fate Battalion fought at the beachhead.

Third film. Direction of the Main Blow / The direction of the main attack / Napravlenie glavnogo udara / Направление главного удара
The film is dedicated to "Operation Bagration", as a result of which was completely liberated from the fascist troops of Belarus, and forces of the Soviet Army reached the state border …

Film fourth. The Battle of Berlin / Bitva za Berlin / Битва за Берлин
1945 The last months of the war. It was in those days decided the fate of enslaved Europe. Began the Vistula-Oder operation. Three front under the command of Konev, Zhukov and Rokossovskogo flocked to the capital of Germany. Go to Berlin and the Anglo-American troops. "Ahead of the Russian" - suggests Churchill and begin secret talks with emissaries of Hitler and the exposure of the Yalta Conference. The fate of Berlin will be decided on the battlefield.

Film fifth. The Final storming / The last storm / The Last Assault / Posledniy shturm / Последний штурм
The last days of the war, storming the Reichstag, the battle for each meter for each floor - and, finally, planting the Banner of Victory over the Reichstag. There was the opening salvo of Victory. The main characters of the film occur at the entrance to the Reichstag.