The Kyiv Direction (1968)
Overview
Historical and military film about the exploits of fighters during Kyiv defense against the onset of the Nazi troops. In virtually hopeless situation soldiers fulfilled their duty to the end. Capture of Kyiv was the first Pyrrhic Hitler’s victory that in the end led to defeat of Germany during the war.
Cast
Anatoli Barchuk
Stepan Oleksenko
Polina Kumanchenko
Nataliia Naum
Valentyna Hryshokina
Viktor Miroshnichenko
Mykola Yakovchenko
Svetlana Kuzmina
Valeriy Bessarab
Oleksandr Movchan
Les Serdyuk
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Mykola Oliinyk
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