Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970)

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the ... See full summary »

Director:

Yuriy Ozerov

Writers:

Yuri Bondarev, Oskar Kurganov

Stars:

Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Seidenberg

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikolay Olyalin	...	Sergey Tsvetaev
Larisa Golubkina	...	Zoya
Boris Seidenberg	...	Major Orlov
Sergey Nikonenko	...	Sashka
Vsevolod Sanaev	...	Lieutenant Colonel Lukin
Vladimir Samoylov	...	Colonel Vladimir Gromov
Yuri Kamornyj	...	Lieutenant Vasilev
Valeriy Nosik	...	Sergeant Dorozhkin
Jan Englert	...	Janek Wolny
Viktor Avdyushko	...	Major Maksimov
Igor Ozerov	...	Lieutenant Leontyev
Mikhail Ulyanov	...	Marshal Georgiy Zhukov
Vladlen Davydov	...	General Konstantin Rokossovskiy
Yevgeni Burenkov	...	Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevskiy
Sergei Kharchenko	...	General Nikolay Vatutin

Storyline

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

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Plot Keywords:

great patriotic war | military uniform | red army | russian soldier | 1940s | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the epic "Liberation", the former Lieutenant General Vlasov first appeared on the screen. It was a great success for Yuriy Ozerov that he was allowed this only scene with Vlasov (in the Sachsenhausen camp he talks with Stalin's son Yakov Dzhugashvili, whose name and tragedy were not advertised at that time either). Vlasov's show was allowed on the condition that his name would not be mentioned anywhere: not only in the film, but also on the set. This character received the code name "General".

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Connections

Followed by Liberation: The Last Assault (1971)

User Reviews

10

The first part from the quintology about the great patriotic war made by director Yuriy Ozerov is like almost all sovietic and russians war movies a masterpiece.

Details

Country:

Soviet Union Poland Yugoslavia East Germany Italy

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

May 1970 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Освобождение: Огненная дуга

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm, Zespól Filmowy "Start", Avala Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min