Soldiers of Freedom () is a four-part 1977 film epic directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. It is a World War II historical drama and the sequel to 1970-71's Liberation.
Plot The film reflects the following events of World War II: the capitulation of Friedrich Paulus's Sixth Army as a result of the failed assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942; the preparation for revolt in Slovakia; negotiations of the Polish communists with Władysław Sikorski's government over their joint struggle against fascism; the creation of a National Committee of the Domestic Front in Bulgaria and preparation by underground workers-communists for armed revolt; expansion of the guerrilla (partisan) movement; the failure of a German attempt to destroy People's Liberation Army of Josip Broz Tito; one of the largest military operations, Bagration; the beginning of the liberation of Poland; creation of the Polish National Government in Lublin; the Warsaw Uprising; the capitulation of Bór-Komorowski and defeat of the Polish patriots; the entry of Soviet and Polish armies into Warsaw.
Cast Mikhail Ulyanov as Marshal Zhukov Mircea Șeptilici as judge Yevgeny Matveyev as Leonid BrezhnevФёдор Раззаков. Солдаты свободы. К 30-летию выхода на экраны киноэпопеи Юрия Озерова // Газета «Советская Россия», 12 апреля 2007 года Vasily Lanovoy as Andrei Grechko Stefan Getsov as Georgi Dimitrov Viktor Avdyushko as Marshal Ivan Konev Bohus Pastorek as Klement Gottwald Horst Preusker as Wilhelm Pieck Yakov Tripolsky as Joseph Stalin Lubomir Kabakchiyev as Palmiro Togliatti Boris Belov as Maurice Thorez Peter Stefanou as Todor Zhivkov Vladlen Davydov as Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky Károly Ujlaky as János Kádár Miklós Benedek as Gen. Ludvík Svoboda Anton Gorchev as Dobri Dzhurov Violeta Bahchevanova as Roza Dimitrova Valentin Kazancki as Winston Churchill Stanisław Jaśkiewicz as Franklin D. Roosevelt Naum Shopov as Tzar Boris III Fritz Diez as Adolf Hitler Gerd Michael Henneberg as Wilhelm Keitel Horst Gill as Otto Günsche Pavel Popandov as Tzano Velchev Valentin Gadzhokov as Atanas Hadzhiyanchev Zlatko Pavlov as Zdravko Nikolai Ouzounov as Tzvyatko Zbigniew Józefowicz as Piotr Jaroszewicz Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Edward Gierek Jerzy Turek Constantin Fugașin as Nicolae Ceaușescu
References
External links
Soldiers of Freedom at the Kino-teatr.ru