The defeat of german forces at moscow is a soviet documentary film about the battle of moscow in the great patriotic war. In general, stalingrad was ozerovs fourth work dealing with the sovietgerman war, after the 197071 series liberation, the 1977 tv miniseries soldiers of freedom and battle of moscow. Companion book, the unknown war, written by nyt reporter harrison salisbury. The soviets own film record of the battle for moscow culled from red army cameramens footage. The russian winter, however, is only a few weeks away. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to the world at war. The battle ends in a bloody failure for the german army, and it is forced to retreat. A historic movie telling the story about a battle of moscow during wwii. A russian view of the german offensive, autumnwinter 1941. It was supposed to crush moscow in a socalled double pincer two simultaneous attacks from the north and south. Sprawling, 20part documentary history in film of the world war ii conflict between nazi germany and the soviet union. Some seven million people were involved, including all the residents of moscow.
Nominated for an academy award as best documentary, the fifth film in the series celebrates the spirit of the longsuffering soviet people as they heroically repulse the nazi invasion threatening their homeland. The film moscow strikes back was made during the battle of moscow, directed by ilya kopalin, in the winter of 19411942. In what became the most widely shown allied film documentary of the war, it was released to great acclaim in the ussr on feb. The soviet troops vigorously fought back, disrupting hitlers plans for a quick operation. This legendary battle of world war ii took place from october 1941 to april 1942. The battle of russia is a 1943 documentary feature directed by frank capra and anatole litvak it was the fifth film in capras seven film why we fight series, examining the causes and history of world war ii. The battle of orel kursk restored ww2 soviet documentary dvd. Russian war film set to open amid controversy over. The battle of moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km 370 mi sector of the eastern f.
October 1941, germanys army group center is only some 25 km west of moscow. An oscarnominated british documentary about the polish people who escaped poland and were living in england during world war ii, both civilians and soldiers. For many years, as films became more narrativebased, documentaries branched out and took many forms since their early beginnings some of. Having been made with the taxpayer dollar it is now in the public domain, and many companies are reproducing it and selling in vhs and dvd form. At the gates of moscow furthest german advance 1941 by mark felton productions. This film, the longest in the series at 76 minutes the others were an hour or less recounts the entire russogerman war as it had happened to that point. Documentary film about the battles for moscow and its environs, which began in october 1941 and ended with the successful soviet counterattack in december of that year, which consistently pushed the germans back on the center front until march 1942, when the offensive ran out of steam. It is set in the eastern front of world war ii and covers the 8th guards rifle division operations during the 1941 battle of.
Battle of moscow is a 1985 soviet, german, czechoslovak, and vietnamese film by yuri ozerov about the successful heroic defense of moscow from nazi attack in the great patriotic war. The film begins in moscow, with civilians preparing defences in their streets. A number of frontline cameramen shot the footage used in this documentary of the battle of moscow, between october 1941 and january 1942,in which a peoples war against the german invaders, whose atrocities are shown in graphic detail, is begun, with echoes of traditional russian heroism and. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 summer olympics held in moscow. This particular episode details the heated battle that took place in and around moscow when the german army invaded the soviet union. A number of frontline cameramen shot the footage used in this documentary of the battle of moscow, between october 1941 and january 1942,in which a peoples war against the german invaders, whose atrocities are shown in graphic detail, is begun, with echoes of traditional russian heroism and an appeal to save the countrys religious and cultural monuments.
The second film of the epic is about a battle for the city of moscow in winter of 19411942. The battle of moscow eventually lasted through january 1942 and ended in the first battlefield defeat of the nazi army. These are remnants from the battle of moscow the largest battle in human history and one of the most significant military campaigns during world war ii. It won the 1943 academy award for best documentary along with the films the battle of midway, the kokoda line. Men in civilian clothes with rifles prepare for battle. Defeat of the german forces near moscow chronicled a massive red army victory in many ways greater than that later at stalingrad, showing for the first time that.
Soviet storm tells the story of this titanic clash of arms blow by blow. The german armies were halted on the outskirts of moscow and thrown back. With helmut hellstorff, artyom karapetyan, vyacheslav tikhonov, yakov tripolsky. Using archive film and photography, computer generated imagery and innovative reconstructions, from the german invasion of 22 june 1941 operation barbarossa the largest military operation in history, through to the brutal fighting outside the gates of moscow, the savage. Documentary has been described as a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries. The soviets own film record of the battle for moscow culled from red army. It was produced during the world war two, hence the cut off date at 1943. The battle of moscow was the first major defeat of german wehrmacht in the second world war. The world at war, a bbc documentary made from 19731974, was made to provide a detailed account of the second world war. The soviet film battle for moscow was made in 1985, on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of the allied victory in europe. The battle of moscow campaign takes place on a largescale map 270 km x 290 km 168 mi.
The film was selected as the soviet entry for the best foreign language film at the 54th academy awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The opening sequence points out that the movie involves only historical facts, only real heroes who actually existed, and from the beginning of the movie its clear that it is conceived as a history lesson. World war ii counteroffensive near moscow starting the battle of moscow operation typhoon history. Russian war film set to open amid controversy over accuracy of events. The battle ends in a bloody failure for the german army. The soviets own film record of the greatest tank battle in world history. Karmen was a true believer in communism, and roamed the world. The director was awarded the state prize of the ussr in 1982. In what became the most widely shown allied film documentary of the war, it was. After months of attacks and counterattacks as german forces attempted to overrun moscow, soviet reinforcements and a severe russian winter took a toll on german forces, helping to thwart germanys plans and leaving its forces exhausted and demoralized. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in. Culled from actual combat footage taken onsite by red army cameramen at the orelkursk salient in russia in the summer of 1943, this is the soviets own documentary story of the greatest tank battle in world history before or since, pitting the resurgent german army against the nowvictorious red army. Tracing their history of war with germany to the th century, it depicts the bitter struggles for moscow, kiev.
It was taken to america and shown at the globe in new york in august 1942. Metal scraps uncovered from a distant past might provide a hint of the brutality and mass casualties that resulted from this battle, but hitlers frozen army creates a living history that. Battle of moscow world war ii operation barbarossa. The film is directed by kim druzhinin and andrey shalopa, produced by panfilovs twenty eight and gaijin entertainment. A documentary film is a nonfictional, motion picture intended to document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record. With not enough soldiers or military equipment, the soviet high commands only hope left is that the weather will save the capital. Secret german and italian naval weapons of world war 2 submarines and torpedo boats documentary by the.
Production of the central studio of newsreels, october 1941 january 1942. Soviet wartime cameramen accompanied the fighting troops of the red army on foot, aboard their tanks, and in their aircraft to film this epochal documentary of the battle of moscow that halted the vaunted anduntil then, unstoppablegerman war machine cold in its tracks. Made by the ussrs central documentary film studios, the unknown war dealt exhaustively with the war on the soviet front. It is set in the eastern front of world war ii and covers the 8th guards rifle division operations during the 1941 battle of moscow. Moscow strikes back, razgrom nemetskikh voysk pod moskvoy, rout of the german troops near moscow, is a 1942 documentary film from the soviet union it recounts the battle of moscow and the soviet victory of 194142, in which soviet troops mounted a great offensive that flung back the germans from the gates of the capital. Battle of austerlitz documentary napoleon bonaparte duration. With eugeniusz cekalski, zbigniew grabowski, leslie howard, alvar liddell.
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