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Director:
Writers:
Leo Mittler (story) &
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Release Date:
February 1944 (USA) more
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Cast

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Robert Taylor ... John Meredith
Susan Peters ... Nadya Stepanova
John Hodiak ... Boris Bulganov
Robert Benchley ... Hank Higgins
Felix Bressart ... Petrov
Michael Chekhov ... Ivan Stepanov
Darryl Hickman ... Peter Bulganov
Jacqueline White ... Anna Bulganov
Patricia Prest ... Stasha Bulganov
Joan Lorring ... Sonia
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Alexander Meschkov
Leo Mostovoy ... Yanovich
Leo Bulgakov ... Professor Faber
Zoia Karabanova ... Natasha Bulganov
Konstantin Shayne ... Wounded Soldier (as Konstantine Shayne)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #9484) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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Trivia:
Director Gregory Ratoff collapsed on the set on 29 June 1943; Laslo Benedek took over as director for the remainder of the principal photography and for the October 1943 retakes. It is not known who directed the retakes needed in September 1943. more
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Referenced in Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Symphony No.6 in B minor (Pathétique), Op.74 more

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Susan Peters!! and the way things had-to-be, 2 April 2004
Author: Charles Reichenthal (churei@aol.com) from Brooklyn, New York

Revisionist history can prove unfortunate. There is very little that moves along with apparent 'truth' in this film, BUT it was made at a critical time in our history -- a time when it was necessary to create unity between those fighting the horrors of Nazism. No, the film is not a very good one, but it is a formidable piece of history and should be watched with the adult comprehension of the time. And there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for the wreckage wrought by McCarthy-Cohn and their henchpeople during the Red Scare era that destroyed lives!! No excuse at all. As for SONG OF RUSSIA, it should also survive as a reminder of the screen aura of Susan Peters. (As for her true abilities, watch this one and then SIGN OF THE RAM!!) Along with the obvious propoganda about the 'perfect' society of the USSR, the worst part of this film, of course, is the usually awful performance of Robert Taylor, whose post-War attitudes were those of a true coward, as well as a lousy actor.

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