August () is a 2025 Russian war drama film directed by Nikita Vysotsky and Ilya Lebedev, based on Vladimir Bogomolov's novel The Moment of Truth, also known as In August of 1944. It stars Sergey Bezrukov, Nikita Kologrivyy and Pavel Tabakov.
This film was theatrically released in Russia on September 25, 2025, by Central Partnership.
The film received 12 nominations for the 24th Golden Eagle Awards, winning six of them, including Best Feature Film. 7 nominations for the 39th Nika Awards ceremony, no wins.
Plot The film takes place in August 1944, in the forests of Western Belarus. The Red Army is beginning to cross the state border. A stab in the back could prevent this. Will SMERSH counterintelligence agents be able to prevent the attack?
Cast Sergey Bezrukov as Captain Pavel Alekhin, SMERSH officer, Operations Group Leader Nikita Kologrivyy as Senior Lieutenant Evgeny Tomantsev, SMERSH officer, cleaner, and wolfhound nicknamed "Skorokhvat" Pavel Tabakov as Lieutenant Andrei Blinov, SMERSH officer, cleaner-trainee Ilya Isaev as Senior Sergeant Arkhip Khizhnyak, sergeant major, group driver Roman Madyanov as General Egorov Daniil Vorobyov as Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Polyakov, head of the department Kirill Kuznetsov as Captain Igor Anikushin, a captain from the commandant's office Aleksey Vertkov Ivan Kolesnikov as Major Igor Fomin Eldar Kalimulin as Senior Lieutenant Sentsov Ilya Malakov as Captain Nikolaev Denis Nurulin as a signalman Efim Petrunin as Ilya Fomchenko Pyotr Logachev as Maxim Goroshnikov Roman Vasiliev as Kazimir Pavlovsky, a saboteur Tina Stojilkovic as Yulia Antonyuk Vera Shpak as Olga Fomina Maksim Emelyanov as Mikhail Lopukhin
Production The development of the project began in 2018, the working title The Moment of Truth was changed to August. The film was created with the support of the Russian Cinema Fund.
Filming The Principal photography competition was originally scheduled to take place in Western Belarus in 2022. It took place in 2022–2023 in Karelia, the Leningrad, Rostov, and Kaliningrad regions.
Release The film's theatrical release date was originally set for March 27, 2025. The Central Partnership company acts as the distributor, but the film was not released on time.
On April 25, 2025, a new release date for the film was announced - September 25, 2025.
Reception Box office In its first month of release, box office receipts exceeded 1 billion rubles. August became the eighth Russian film to reach this level in 2025. By the end of 2025, box office receipts had exceeded 1.5 billion rubles.
See also In August of 1944 (2001 film)
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