Front Without Flanks (1974)

Drama
War

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.

Cast

Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major
grandfather Matvey Egorovich
Petr Sergeevich Ivanov
Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator
Petrenko, lieutenant
Ignat Osyka
Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm
Zakhar Petrovich
Alyosha, grandson of Matvey Egorovich
grandfather Misha
Zina, the nurse
Misha's grandmother
Andrey Lukyanov, sailor
Sasha Polishchuk, sailor
Victor Sergeevich Khvat
Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky
soldier with balalaika
Yurchenko, scout
Seregin, captain
Grandma Anastasia
German von Horne headquarters officer
Sokirka, partisan
grandfather
intelligence chief
wounded soldier
Ohrim Shmil
partisan sailor
Colonel General von Horn
Colonel Kempe
Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf
офицер штаба
немецкий офицер (нет в титрах)
Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov)
Afanasyev, captain
Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment
Vakulenchuk, midshipman
Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner

Crew

Director
Production Design
Production Design
Director of Photography
Costume Design
Costume Design
Costume Design
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Original Music Composer