Tankers (2018)

The movie inspired by real events tells the story of the KV-1 tank's crew heroic deed. Having a losing fight, the crew of Semyon Konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8... See full summary »

Director:

Konstantin Maksimov

Writers:

Valeriya Baykeeva (participation), Valeriya Baykeeva

Stars:

Andrey Chernyshov, Vladimir Epifantsev, Oleg Fomin

Cast

Credited cast:
Andrey Chernyshov	...	Semen Konovalov
Vladimir Epifantsev	...	Siitov
Oleg Fomin	...	Rykov
Olga Pogodina	...	Pavla
Sergey Gorobchenko	...	Krotov
Nikolay Dobrynin	...	Basich, legless surgeon
Vasiliy Sedykh	...	Shinkevich
Vladimir Kochetkov	...	Gubkin
Dmitriy Zolotukhin	...	Sobol
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olga Aksenova	...	(as Olga Kavalay-Aksonov)
Maria Arnaut
Yuriy Balitskiy	...	Ratnikov - tankist
Daniil Bogdanov
Oleg Chudnitsov	...	Armen
Anton Eskin

Storyline

The movie inspired by real events tells the story of the KV-1 tank's crew heroic deed. Having a losing fight, the crew of Semyon Konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 vehicles with enemy personnel near Nizhnemityakin farm in Tarasovskoye district of Rostov region. This is the story of not the poster heroes, but broken, cheerful, and very diverse guys who just wanted to live. At the decisive moment they managed to do the only right thing and performed the deed worthy of the legend.

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Plot Keywords:

tank | tank warfare | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie depicts the Panzer IV type H model, which didn't start production until June 1943. Additionally, the Soviets are shown with the T-34/85, which didn't enter combat until Oct 1943.

User Reviews

Historically Accurate

Accuracy 10

The KV-1 was a Heavy Tank and had the same problems as the German Panzer 6 aka Tiger Tank Heavy Tank. Especially, getting stuck in Russia's mud, due to limited improved roads. The U.S. Caterpillar tractor transmission design as the KV-1 transmission was prone to failure. The few Panzer 6s aka Tiger Tanks were sent to the Western Front, not the Eastern Front.

The majority of the German tanks sent to Russia were Panzer III and Panzer IV Medium tanks with guns not capable of penetrating the KV-1 Heavy tank amour. Depicted are Panzer IV Medium Tanks with bolted on additional turret armour.

To defeat the heavy (thick) armour of the KV-1 the Germans created the Sturmgeschütz with the 75 mm Pak 40,

The few Panzer V aka Panther Medium Tank had a gun capable of penetrating the KV-1 tank amour. But because of the Low Ground clearance ended up stuck in Russia's mud, unlike the High Ground clearance of the T-34.

During the Battle of Stalingrad, the workers at the Russian Tank Factories were producing as many tanks as their lives depended on that. Many Men and Women ended up as Tank Crews. All the Russian Factories sent out Repair Teams of Men and Women to Field Units.

The T-34 with an 85mm gun was made starting 1944.

Details

Official Sites:

Link to Mosfilm

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

25 October 2018 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Invincible

Box Office

Budget:

RUR300,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfim, Oda Film, Pimanov i Partnyory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color