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Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
Directed by Ilya Kopalin, Leonid Varlamov
“IT'S SENSATIONAL!”
Documentary, War · 55m
A Soviet documentary chronicling the Battle of Moscow (October 1941 – January 1942), when Red Army forces repelled the German advance on the capital. Shot by numerous frontline cameramen, it combines harrowing footage of combat and civilian suffering with scenes of Nazi atrocities, framed against themes of Russian heroism and cultural survival. Originally released under the title Defeat of the German Armies Near Moscow, the English-language version, narrated by Edward G. Robinson, was retitled Moscow Strikes Back. The film won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Warning: contains graphic images.
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Crew
- Director
- Ilya Kopalin, Leonid Varlamov
- Writer
- Pyotr Pavlenko
- Editor
- Ilya Kopalin, Leonid Varlamov
- Producer
- Nicholas Napoli
Details
- Original title
- Разгром немецких войск под Москвой
- Release date
- 1942-02-23
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Tsentralnaya Studiya Kinokhroniki