''The Star'' (russian: Звезда, Zvezda) is a 1949 Soviet

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directed by Aleksandr Ivanov and starring Anatoly Verbitsky,

Alexey Pokrovsky Alexey Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Никола́евич Покро́вский; March 1, 1924 – August 30, 2009) was an actor and singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981). Biography In 1945 he was accepted ...

and

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...

. The film was completed in 1949, but was not released for four years.Liehm & Liehm p.63 It portrays a group of Soviet soldiers who are cut off and surrounded by German troops during the

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. The film was remade in 2002.

Plot

The command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent to the enemy rear to clarify the data do not return. A new group of seven scouts under the code name ''The Star'' led by Lieutenant Travkin are sent. When returning after completing the task the group suddenly is faced with the German detachment. Lieutenant Travkin sends one of the scouts with a report, afterwards he and his comrades enter into a mortal battle with the enemy.

Cast

* Anatoly Verbitsky as Group Commander Lieutenant Travkin *

as Political Officer Lieutenant Meshcheryakov * Irina Radchenko as Kate Simakova *

Lidiya Sukharevskaya Lidiya Petrovna Sukharevskaya (russian: Ли́дия Петро́вна Сухаре́вская; 30 August 1909 – 11 October 1991) was a Soviet stage actress and playwright renowned for her work with Nikolay Akimov and Andrey Goncharov. H ...

as Radio operator Tatiana Ulybysheva *

as Colonel Serbichenko * Movsoum Sanani as Chief of Staff of the Division / Colonel Aliyev *

Nikolay Kryuchkov Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (russian: Никола́й Афана́сьевич Крючко́в; 6 January 1911 – 13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993. Selected fi ...

as Sgt. Mamochkin *

Vasiliy Merkurev Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fro ...

as Anikanov *

Pavel Volkov Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

as Scout * Vladimir Marev as Scout * Yu Abikh as Scout Yura Golubovsky * N. Stepanov as Scout Brazhnikov *

Viktor Kulakov The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

as Head of the Division's Intelligence *

Georgy Satini Georgy may refer to: *Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in ''Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song * ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl'' See also *Georgi (disambiguation) *Georgiy Georgy ...

as Degtyarev captain * Lev Stepanov as German * Evgeniy Teterin as German General

References

Bibliography

* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1977.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 war films Soviet war films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet World War II films Russian World War II films {{1940s-USSR-film-stub