| Soldiers of Freedom | |
|---|---|
![]() Original Bulgarian film poster  | |
| Directed by | Yuri Ozerov | 
| Written by | Oscar Kurganov | 
| Starring | Mikhail Ulyanov Yevgeny Matveyev Vasily Lanovoy  | 
| Cinematography | Igor Slabnevich | 
| Music by | Yuri Levitin | 
Production company  | |
Release date  | 1977 | 
Running time  | 599 minutes | 
| Country | Soviet Union | 
| Language | Russian | 
Soldiers of Freedom (Russian: Солдаты свободы) is a four-part 1977 film epic directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. It is a World War II historical drama and the sequel to 1970-71's Liberation.
Plot
The film reflects the following events of World War II: the capitulation of Friedrich Paulus's Sixth Army as a result of the failed assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942; the preparation for revolt in Slovakia; negotiations of the Polish communists with Władysław Sikorski's government over their joint struggle against fascism; the creation of a National Committee of the Domestic Front in Bulgaria and preparation by underground workers-communists for armed revolt; expansion of the guerrilla (partisan) movement; the failure of a German attempt to destroy People's Liberation Army of Josip Broz Tito; one of the largest military operations, Bagration; the beginning of the liberation of Poland; creation of the Polish National Government in Lublin; the Warsaw Uprising; the capitulation of Bór-Komorowski and defeat of the Polish patriots; the entry of Soviet and Polish armies into Warsaw.
Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov - Marshal Zhukov
 - Yevgeny Matveyev - Leonid Brezhnev
 - Vasily Lanovoy - Andrei Grechko
 - Stefan Getsov - Georgi Dimitrov
 - Viktor Avdyushko - Marshal Ivan Konev
 - Bohus Pastorek - Klement Gottwald
 - Horst Preusker - Wilhelm Pieck
 - Yakov Tripolsky - Joseph Stalin
 - Lubomir Kabakchiyev - Palmiro Togliatti
 - Boris Belov - Maurice Thorez
 - Peter Stefanou - Todor Zhivkov
 - Vladlen Davydov - Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky
 - Károly Ujlaky - János Kádár
 - Miklós Benedek - Gen. Ludvík Svoboda
 - Anton Gorchev - Dobri Dzhurov
 - Violeta Bahchevanova - Roza Dimitrova
 - Valentin Kazancki - Winston Churchill
 - Stanisław Jaśkiewicz - Franklin D. Roosevelt
 - Naum Shopov - Tzar Boris III
 - Fritz Diez - Adolf Hitler
 - Gerd Michael Henneberg - Wilhelm Keitel
 - Horst Gill - Otto Günsche
 - Pavel Popandov - Tzano Velchev
 - Valentin Gadzhokov - Atanas Hadzhiyanchev
 - Zlatko Pavlov - Zdravko
 - Nikolai Ouzounov - Tzvyatko
 - Zbigniew Józefowicz - Piotr Jaroszewicz
 - Edward Linde-Lubaszenko - Edward Gierek
 - Jerzy Turek
 - Constantin Fugașin - Nicolae Ceaușescu
 
External links
- Soldiers of Freedom at IMDb
 - Soldiers of Freedom.Kino-teatr.ru (in Russian)
 
