''The Turning Point'' (russian: Великий перелом, Velikij perelom) is a 1945 Soviet, Russian-language

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Fridrikh Ermler Fridrikh Markovich Ermler (russian: Эрмлер, Фридрих Маркович; born Vladimir Markovich Breslav; 13 May 1898 in Rēzekne – 12 July 1967 in Leningrad) was a Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was a four-t ...

based on a screenplay by

Boris Chirskov Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...

. The film was one of the earlier

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

winners of 1946. It was produced by

GOSKINO Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It w ...

at Kinostudiya Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio), distributed in the US by

Artkino Pictures Nicola Napoli, was the President of Artkino Pictures, Inc., the primary distributor of Soviet films in the United States, Canada, Central America and South America from 1940 to 1982. Napoli was a double agent Soviet Spy for the United States. In 19 ...

, and restored in 1967 at Lenfilm Studio. The film's working title was '' General of the Army'' (russian: Генерал армии).

Cast

* Mikhail Derzhavin, Sr as ''Col. Gen. Muravyev'' * Petr Andrievsky as ''Col. Gen. Vinogradov'' * Yuri Tolubeyev as ''Lavrov'' *

Andrei Abrikosov Andrei Lvovich Abrikosov (russian: Андрей Львович Абрикосов; 14 November 1906 – 21 October 1973) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1968). Biography He was born in Simferopol to ...

as ''Lt. Gen. Krivenko'' *

Aleksandr Zrazhevsky Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

as ''Lt. Gen. Panteleev'' * Nikolay Korn *

Mark Bernes Mark Naumovich Bernes (russian: link=no, Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (,This date: – is a mistake found in the '' Great Soviet Encyclopaedia''. True date: – was engraved on the Bernes's gravestone at Novodevichy Cemeter ...

as ''Minutka'' Driver * Vladimir Marev * Pavel Volkov as ''Stepan''

References

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* 1945 films Palme d'Or winners Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Fridrikh Ermler 1940s Russian-language films 1940s war drama films Soviet World War II films Soviet war drama films 1945 drama films {{WWII-drama-film-stub