The Second Front (2005)

In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus, a genius German Jewish scientist who's developing ... See full summary »

Director:

Dmitri Fiks

Writers:

Elena Karavaeshnikova, Chris Sturgeon,

Stars:

Craig Sheffer, Todd Field, Svetlana Metkina

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Craig Sheffer	...	Frank Hossom
Todd Field	...	Nicolas Raus
Svetlana Metkina	...	Olga Ryabina (as Lana Litwak)
Ron Perlman	...	General von Binding
Aleksey Serebryakov	...	Veklich
Aleksandr Dyachenko	...	Lubenets (as Alexander Diachenbko)
Aleksey Chadov	...	Bykov
Bohdan Graczyk	...	Hans (as Bogdan Graczyk)
Nicholas Irons	...	Garry
Guy Siner	...	Archer
Tom Lasica	...	British Agent
Oleg Drach	...	KGB General
Sergey Romanyuk	...	KGB Colonel (as Sergey Romanuk)
Vladimir Samoiluk	...	KGB Lieutenant
Anatoliy Gnatyuk	...	Piloy Lyakhov (as Anatoly Gnatuk)

Storyline

In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus, a genius German Jewish scientist who's developing a weapon of tremendous power. An American agent, Frank Hossom, enters the game when German agents undertake a daring operation stealing the scientist. Frank has to get the scientist back - dead or alive. His mission is complicated by his developing relationship with Olga Ryabina, Nicky's lover, an actress forced to work for KGB. The love triangle and the international intrigue weave into a deadly net.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | german | love | love triangle | kgb | 

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Taglines:

Every Country Wanted What One Man Possessed.

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Genres:

Action | Romance | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Country:

Russia USA

Language:

English German Russian

Release Date:

17 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stormbringer

Filming Locations:

Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Commission of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, Film Studio Gomyak, Good Film Factory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The Russian team to rescue the Jewish scientist is under the command of the KGB, however during World War II the KGB did not exist and its predecessor was known as the NKVD

User Reviews

This film is absolutely HORRIBLE

Rented this one (thank God!). Right from the start I could tell I was in for an extremely dull picture. The opening narration must have used the word It about 10 times. They were so close to IT. IT was almost solved. He had the formula needed to solve IT. etc... Then you see a bunch of fat guys dressed up in trench-coats. Nobody cares that the whole set is consisting of spies obviously up to no good. Consistency is lacking in the film as the main character is wounded and later on in the film there isn't a mark on him where he was shot before. The mouth/sounds do not match up 80% of the time. The aircraft used in the film (a Beriev Be-12 Chaika 'Mail') wasn't even developed during the movies time set (1942) it was created in the 1960's (yet they used it during this film set in 1942? Who did research on this pic?) The plot is confusing and extremely poor in construction. Extremely low budget film. One has to wonder why people even bother wasting money for such disgusting wastes of film, money, time and effort (even though this film had about 0 effort expended on it). The acting is poor and the plane shots are positively dreadful. DO NOT BUY! DO NOT RENT!