Set in World War II, the film follows a teenage boy who experiences the atrocities of the German occupation of the Soviet Union. As he witnesses mass murders, genocides, and other war crimes, he descends into insanity and despair.
Set during World War II, Ivan, a 12-year-old orphan, is enlisted as a spy by the Russian military. With a burning desire for revenge, he infiltrates enemy lines and carries out covert operations. Along the way, Ivan forms a surrogate father-son relationship with a military captain, who helps him navigate the dangerous world of espionage. As Ivan's childhood memories collide with the brutality of war, he must confront the consequences of his actions.
In the winter of 1942, a group of Soviet partisans struggle to survive and resist the brutal occupation by German forces. The film explores themes of integrity, betrayal, and the horrors of war.
The Battle of Moscow is a 1985 Soviet multi-part war narrative, presenting a dramatized account of the 1941 Battle of Moscow and the events preceding it. The battle was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War.
Yesterday's Leningrad schoolgirl Masha Yablochkina, after a fierce blockade winter of 1941-1942, comes to the railway courses hoping to survive and gain strength. From there, the girl is sent to the construction of the Shlisselburg highway, which connects the city with the mainland and is in direct sight of German artillery. So the heroine gets into the 48th locomotive column of the special reserve NKPS, which, at the cost of the deadly risk, will have to deliver 75% of all cargo and military equipment to Leningrad.
After a terrible winter, 1942 starts badly for Stalin due to a ruthless Nazi campaign that leaves millions of Soviets captive and without food.
In Nazi-occupied Soviet Union, a group of prisoners is forced to play a high-stakes football match against their German captors. The match becomes a symbol of resistance and hope amidst the brutalities of war. Will they be able to defy the odds and win?
The German conquerors are above nothing, not even the slaughter of small children, to break the spirit of their Soviet captives. Suffering more than most is Olga (Nataliya Uzhviy), a Soviet partisan who returns to the village to bear her child, only to endure the cruelest of arbitrary tortures at the hands of the Nazis. Eventually, the villagers rise up against their oppressors-but unexpectedly do not wipe them out, electing instead to force the surviving Nazis to stand trial for their atrocities in a postwar "people's court." (It is also implied that those who collaborated with the Germans will be dealt with in the same evenhanded fashion).
During the Great Patriotic War, a group of Soviet partisans suspect a soldier of collaborating with the Nazis. As tensions rise and distrust spreads, they must confront their own demons and find redemption in a harsh and unforgiving winter landscape.
In the Nazi-occupied Soviet Union in 1942, a group of Soviet soldiers embark on a dangerous combat mission in the forest. As they face death and fight for survival, they encounter a Soviet partisan and together they take on the enemy. This gripping war movie portrays the hardships, sacrifices, and bravery of the Red Army during this tumultuous time.
Soviet documentary about the defeat of the Nazis near Moscow. Warning - graphic images. Edward G. Robinson narrates the English language version.
The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans, Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this film re-creates not merely Zoya's death, but also her life.
In the Soviet airbase, occupied by the Nazis, a resistance group occurs, led by a modest girl Anna Morozova. For each victory (important, albeit small on a scale of the war) they have to pay a heavy price.
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.
Historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, exploring the mass murder, collaboration and experimentation that led to the Final Solution.
Refund Price is a war adventure movie set during the Great Patriotic War. It follows the story of a group of scouts and partisans who take on dangerous missions in Nazi-occupied Soviet Union, particularly in Crimea. The movie portrays the challenges they face, their acts of resistance, and their determination to fight for their country.
A story about Russian women and their village set during the years after WWII.
Young railroad worker, seemingly accommodating to Nazi overlords at a captured rural depot, secretly spearheads acts of sabotage against the evil occupying forces.
A 1943 Soviet documentary war film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.