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The Mannerheim Line (1940)
Directed by Vasili Belayev, Nikolay Komarevtsev, Leonid Varlamov, Valeri Solovtsov
Documentary · 1h 14m
Produced by the Soviet Union to justify its 1939-40 Winter War campaign in Finland, this outstanding documentary---more than any other such cinematic record---visually depicts the much vaunted Mannerheim Line in all its actual emplacements, as seen but two weeks after their capture, and as filmed by Red Army combat photographers onsite, directed by Vasili Belayev.
Crew
- Director
- Vasili Belayev, Nikolay Komarevtsev, Leonid Varlamov, Valeri Solovtsov
- Director of Photography
- Yefim Uchitel, Vladimir Yeshurin
Details
- Original title
- Линия Маннергейма
- Release date
- 1940-12-18
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Leningrad Documentary Film Studio