''Private Aleksandr Matrosov'' (russian: Рядовой Александр Матросов) is a 1947

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directed by Leonid Lukov.

Plot

The film is a dramatization of the life of Alexander Matrosov, a

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soldier who was awarded the title of

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for blocking a German machine gun with his body during a 1943 battle, killing him but blocking further fire against other advancing Soviet soldiers.

Cast

* Anatoliy Ignatyev as Aleksandr Matrosov (as Anatoli Ignatyev) * Pyotr Konstantinov as Ivan Chumakov *

Konstantin Sorokin The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name '' Constantinus'' ( Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the G ...

as Misha Skvortsov * Shamsi Kiyamov as Khadyn Abdurakhmanov *

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as Vasya Petrov *

Vladimir Balashov Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Uk ...

as Kostya Ilyin *

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 betwe ...

as Captain Vasili Shcherbina * Mikhail Kuznetsov as Captain Kolosov * Anatoli Nelidov as Nikolai Gavrilovich *

Faina Ranevskaya Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for ...

as DoctorРядовой Александр Матросов (1948) Full Cast & Crew
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References

External links

* 1947 films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet war drama films 1940s war drama films Soviet black-and-white films 1947 drama films {{1940s-USSR-film-stub