
Front Without Flanks
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.
Front Without Flanks
Rating
3.0/10
Release Date
1974-12-20
Runtime
170 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major

Oleg Zhakov
grandfather Matvey Egorovich

Galina Polskikh
Zina, the nurse

Semyon Morozov
Seregin, captain

Yevgeni Shutov
Ohrim Shmil

Ivan Pereverzev
Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)

Vladimir Ivashov
Afanasyev, captain

Vladimir Zamanskiy
Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment

Aleksandr Denisov
Vakulenchuk, midshipman

Tofig Mirzayev
Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner

Valentin Pechnikov
Petr Sergeevich Ivanov

Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev
Simon Bondarenko
Production Companies

Mosfilm