In August 1944 (russian: В августе 44-го…; better known as ''The Moment of Truth'') is a 2001 Russian-Belarusian

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

directed by

Mikhail Ptashuk Mikhail Nikolaevich Ptashuk (russian: Михаил Николаевич Пташу́к, be, Міхаі́л Мікала́евіч Пташу́к); January 28, 1943 – April 26, 2002 was a Soviet and Belarusian film director and screenwriter. ...

Plot

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

counter-intelligence Counterintelligence is an activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations or ot ...

(

SMERSH SMERSH (russian: СМЕРШ) was an umbrella organization for three independent counter-intelligence agencies in the Red Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The name SMERSH was coined by Josep ...

) team are assigned to track down a group of German spies in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

following

Operation Bagration Operation Bagration (; russian: Операция Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (russian: Белорусская наступательная оп ...

as Soviet armies drive into Poland.

Cast

* Yevgeny Mironov as Capt. Pavel AlekhinТелелидеры с Ариной Ъ-Бородиной
Газета «Коммерсантъ», № 45 (3129), 16 March 2005 * Vladislav Galkin as Senior Lt. Yevgeny Tamantsev *

Yuri Kolokolnikov Yuri Andreyevich Kolokolnikov (russian: Юрий Андреевич Колокольников; born 15 December 1980) is a Russian stage and film actor. In the West, Kolokolnikov is best known for his performance as Styr in the television series ...

as Lt. Blinov *

Alexei Petrenko Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko (russian: Алексей Васильевич Петренко; 26 March 1938 – 22 February 2017) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He played Grigori Rasputin in Elem Klimov's historical drama '' Agony ...

as General Yegorov *

Aleksandr Feklistov Aleksandr Vasilyevich Feklistov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Фекли́стов; born December 7, 1955) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984 (the film ''Troop''). Since 2007 – ...

as Cipher Officer Polyakov * Beata Tyszkiewicz as Grolinskaya *

Karolina Gruszka Karolina Gruszka (born 13 July 1980) is a Polish actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1996. She was nominated for an award as Best Actress for her role in '' Kochankowie z Marony'' at the 2007 Polish Film Aw ...

as Yuliya * Ramaz Chkhikvadze as

Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

* Aleksandr Baluev as Mishchenko * Albert Filozov as Ivan Semyonovich *

Yaroslav Boyko Yaroslav Nikolaevich Boyko (russian: Яросла́в Никола́евич Бо́йко, uk, Яросла́в Микола́йович Бо́йко; born May 14, 1970,''Александр Пасюта'' // segodnya.ua (21 мая 2010 года) ...

as Captain Anikushin * Vladimir Semago as lieutenant-colonel *

Alexei Makarov Alexei Valerevich Makarov (russian: Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Мака́ров; 15 February 1972) is a Russian actor of theatre and cinema. Born 1972 in Omsk in family of actors Valeriy Makarov and Lyubov Polishchuk. Biography A ...

as Major-tanker

References

External links

* 2001 films 2000s action war films Russian action war films Belarusian drama films Eastern Front of World War II films Belarusfilm films Russian World War II films Belarusian World War II films 2000s Russian-language films {{Russia-film-stub