Front in the Rear of the Enemy
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Russian: Фронт в тылу врага, romanized: Front v tylu vraga) is a 1981 Soviet war film directed by Igor Gostev and Victor Kulle.[1][2][3]
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy | |
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| Russian: Фронт в тылу врага | |
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| Cinematography | Aleksandr Kharitonov |
| Music by | Venyamin Basner |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The film is the third part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union during WWII. The first part is Front Without Flanks (1975). The second part is Front Beyond the Front Line (1977). All three screenplays were written by KGB Officer Semyon Tsvigun.
Vyacheslav Tikhonov starred as Soviet Army Officer Mlynsky, the commander of the partisan group in all three films.
Plot
It is 1944. Lt. Colonel Mlynsky's partisan detachment is tasked with fostering the international unification of Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks in order to capture a training ground with them where they are testing secret fascist weapon.[4]
Cast
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Colonel Mlynsky
- Valeriya Zaklunnaya as Irina Petrovna
- Evgeniy Matveev as Simerenko
- Ivan Lapikov as Erofeich
- Aleksandr Mikhaylov
- Vaiva Mainelyte
- Tofik Mirzoyev
- Viktor Shulgin as Khvat
- Lev Polyakov as Fridrich von Büttsov
- Leonid Dyachkov[5]