Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh, Pulkovskiy meredian (1974)

In June 1941, the Emergency Headquarters of the Defense of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov ... See full summary »

Directors:

Mikhail Yershov, Yu. Makarov (co-director)

Writers:

Aleksandr Chakovskiy (novel), Aleksandr Chakovskiy (screenplay)

Stars:

Yuriy Solomin, Evgeniy Lebedev, Irina Akulova

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yuriy Solomin	...	Aleksei Zvyagintsev
Evgeniy Lebedev	...	Ivan Korolyov (as Yevgeni Lebedev)
Irina Akulova	...	Vera Korolyova
Lev Zolotukhin	...	Pavel Korolyov
Vladislav Strzhelchik	...	Fyodor Valitskiy
Aleksandr Razin	...	Anatoliy Valitskiy
Boris Gorbatov	...	Stalin (as B. Gorbatov)
Sergei Kharchenko	...	Zhdanov (as S. Kharchenko)
Daniil Sagal	...	Voroshilov (as D. Sagal)
Vasiliy Minin	...	marshal Timoshenko (as V. Minin)
Valentin Abramov	...	Shaposhnikov (as V. Abramov)
Anatoliy Verbitskiy	...	Nikolay Kuznetsov (as A. Verbitskiy)
Mikhail Ulyanov	...	Zhukov (as M. Ulyanov)
Roman Gromadskiy	...	Aleksey Kuznetsov (as R. Gromadskiy)
Konstantin Malakhov	...	general Popov (as K. Malakhov)

Storyline

In June 1941, the Emergency Headquarters of the Defense of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced part of the front to withdraw, and on July 9 - to leave Pskov. Fighting on the Luga direction restrained the enemy. The first attacks of the Germans, intending to overcome the Luga frontier on the move, were repulsed with great losses for them.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was released in four parts, over three years.

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Connections

Followed by Blokada: Leningradskiy metronom, Operatsiya Iskra (1977)

User Reviews

Film over past tragic history of St.Petersburg city

Hi !

This film is a bit different from other Soviet Union's super scale WWII films.

This film is considered as War film and it is correct. But also this film is a story of Leningrad citizens who seriously suffered during Blockade of the city 1941-43 and finally survived.

If you intend to visit St.Petersburg in Russia for sightseeing, I recommend to see this film in order to recognize tragic history of such a beautiful city with excellent peoples and cultures.

Details

Official Sites:

Lenfilm Studio

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

17 February 1975 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lenfilm Studio, Lenfilm Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

185 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) 70 mm 6-Track

Color:

Color (Sovcolor) Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1