The Last Frontier
Podolskie kursanty
2020, Film, 136 min, Action, Drama, War, Russian, Russia, MoviePedia score 65
They fought for Moscow
The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
Directed by Vadim Shmelyov
Cast
- Artyom Gubin as Sashka Lavrov
- Lubov Konstantinova as Nurse Masha Grigorieva
- Igor Yudin as Cadet Dmitry Shemyakin
- Aleksey Bardukov as Lieutenant Alyoshkin
- Evgeniy Dyatlov as Colonel Strelbitsky
- Sergey Bezrukov as Kapitan Starchak
- Roman Madyanov as Major General Smirnov
- Yekaterina Rednikova as Military Doctor Nikitina
- Sergey Bondarchuk as Major Dementiev
- Guram Bablishvili as Lieutenant Museridze
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