The Kyiv Direction (1968)

7.5/10 99 min War

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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