''The Star'' (russian: Звезда,
translit. ''Zvezda'') is a 2002 Russian film directed by
Nikolai Lebedev, a large modern project of
Mosfilm
Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output inclu ...
. It is based on a short story of the same name by
Emmanuil Kazakevich, about a group of Soviet scouts working behind enemy lines during
Operation Bagration
Operation Bagration (; russian: Операция Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (russian: Белорусская наступательная оп ...
in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. The story had previously been made into a 1953
film of the same name.
Aleksei Kravchenko won a government award for his role in this film.
Plot
A team of Soviet scouts is sent behind enemy lines to find the location of the German armor forces. The Soviets wait until night, and open up with an artillery barrage. As the guns fire, the team advances. The team successfully slips behind enemy lines. Many dramatic scenes follow. In one, a German soldier is captured and interrogated. In another, the team calls an airstrike on German positions, causing great damage and casualties. One man even kills a German soldier with his pistol during the air attack. This tract of scenes finds the main characters successfully finding the location of the German armor. They are eventually cornered in a barn, with Germans attacking on all sides. During the battle, the team leader sends a radio message, telling the location of enemy armor. The team is eventually overrun and wiped out.
Cast
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Igor Petrenko
Igor Petrovich Petrenko (russian: И́горь Петро́вич Петре́нко; born August 23, 1977) is a Russian actor of cinema and theater. In 2002 President of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia.
Biography
Ig ...
as Lt. Travkin
* Artyom Semakin as Pvt. Vorobiev
*
Aleksei Panin as Sgt. Mamochkin
*
Aleksei Kravchenko as Sgt. Anikanov
*
Anatoly Gushchin as Pvt. Bykov
*
Amadu Mamadakov as Pvt. Temdekov
*
Yuri Laguta as Sgt. Brazhnikov
* Yekaterina Vulichenko as Pvt. Katya Simakova
*
Andrei Yegorov as Capt. Barashkin
*
Alexander Dyachenko as Ltc. Galiyev
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Timofey Tribuntsev
Timofey Vladimirovich Tribuntsev (russian: link=no, Тимофе́й Влади́мирович Трибу́нцев) is a Russian actor. Winner of the '' Nika Award-2017.
Biography
Timofey was born on July 1, 1973. He studied at the '' Mikhail ...
as episode
*
Aleksandr Ustyugov as episode (uncredited)
Reception
Eddie Cockrell of
Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
called it "an ordnance-packed war epic" and said that it was well made and might appeal to international audiences but that "Westerners have seen this formula before in Spielberg’s opus".
References
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2002 drama films
2002 films
2000s war drama films
Eastern Front of World War II films
Films based on short fiction
Films directed by Nikolai Lebedev
Films shot in Moscow
Films shot in Russia
Mosfilm films
2000s Russian-language films
Russian war drama films
Russian World War II films
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