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Front Without Flanks

1974

170 minutes

WarDrama

Overview

A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.

Top Cast

Vyacheslav Tikhonov headshot

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major

Oleg Zhakov headshot

Oleg Zhakov

grandfather Matvey Egorovich

Galina Polskikh headshot

Galina Polskikh

Zina, the nurse

Semyon Morozov headshot

Semyon Morozov

Seregin, captain

Yevgeni Shutov headshot

Yevgeni Shutov

Ohrim Shmil

Ivan Pereverzev headshot

Ivan Pereverzev

Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)

Vladimir Ivashov headshot

Vladimir Ivashov

Afanasyev, captain

Vladimir Zamanskiy headshot

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment

Aleksandr Denisov headshot

Aleksandr Denisov

Vakulenchuk, midshipman

Tofig Mirzayev headshot

Tofig Mirzayev

Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner

Valentin Pechnikov headshot

Valentin Pechnikov

Petr Sergeevich Ivanov

Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev headshot

Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev

Simon Bondarenko

Svetlana Sukhovey headshot

Svetlana Sukhovey

Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator

Aleksey Borzunov headshot

Aleksey Borzunov

Petrenko, lieutenant

Pavel Kormunin headshot

Pavel Kormunin

Ignat Osyka

Lyudmila Polyakova headshot

Lyudmila Polyakova

Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm

Anatoliy Solovyov headshot

Anatoliy Solovyov

Zakhar Petrovich

Mikhail Turchenkov headshot

Mikhail Turchenkov

Mishka Turchenkov

Yura Kasatkin headshot

Yura Kasatkin

Alyosha, grandson of Matvey Egorovich

Boris Bibikov headshot

Boris Bibikov

grandfather Misha

Vera Kuznetsova headshot

Vera Kuznetsova

Misha's grandmother

Aleksandr Lukyanov headshot

Aleksandr Lukyanov

Andrey Lukyanov, sailor

Nikolay Polishchuk headshot

Nikolay Polishchuk

Sasha Polishchuk, sailor

Vladimir Samoylov headshot

Vladimir Samoylov

Ermolaev

Vsevolod Safonov headshot

Vsevolod Safonov

Sadovnikov

Viktor Shulgin headshot

Viktor Shulgin

Victor Sergeevich Khvat

Konstantin Zheldin headshot

Konstantin Zheldin

Kurt Schmidt

Raisa Kurkina headshot

Raisa Kurkina

Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky

Vladimir Ferapontov headshot

Vladimir Ferapontov

soldier with balalaika

Boris Yurchenko headshot

Boris Yurchenko

Yurchenko, scout

Mikhail Rozanov headshot

Mikhail Rozanov

partisans

Anvar Boranbaev headshot

Anvar Boranbaev

Beisembaev

Mariya Skvortsova headshot

Mariya Skvortsova

Grandma Anastasia

Elena Volskaya headshot

Elena Volskaya

Fenya

Yevgeniy Markov headshot

Yevgeniy Markov

German von Horne headquarters officer

Yelizaveta Kuzyurina headshot

Yelizaveta Kuzyurina

refugee

Aleksandr Lebedev headshot

Aleksandr Lebedev

Sokirka, partisan

Nikolai Yudin headshot

Nikolai Yudin

grandfather

Feliks Yavorsky headshot

Feliks Yavorsky

intelligence chief

Vladimir Lippart headshot

Vladimir Lippart

wounded soldier

Nikolay Smorchkov headshot

Nikolay Smorchkov

partisan sailor

Viktor Volkov headshot

Viktor Volkov

tankman

Hannjo Hasse headshot

Hannjo Hasse

Colonel General von Horn

Jürgen Frohriep headshot

Jürgen Frohriep

Colonel Kempe

Harry Pietzsch headshot

Harry Pietzsch

Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf

Horst Schulze headshot

Horst Schulze

general

Filimon Sergeyev headshot

Filimon Sergeyev

episode

Valeri Anisimov headshot

Valeri Anisimov

офицер штаба

Nikolay Gorlov headshot

Nikolay Gorlov

немецкий офицер (нет в титрах)