Official submission of Soviet Union for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 46th Academy Awards in 1974.
The image and sound have undergone digital restoration by Mosfilm.
While there were marathon showings of the complete original version which ran just under eight hours, most people saw it as a series of five feature films.
This was the third film of a production that was released as five feature films under the title known in English as "Liberation".
This third film was known in the United States as "Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow".