Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
Stars: Mikhail Gelovani, Aleksei Gribov, Maksim Shtraukh, Nikolai Bogolyubov, Sofiya Giatsintova, Boris Tenin
Crew: Vladimir Kaplunovskiy (Production Design), Vladimir Yakovlev (Makeup Artist), Leonid Kosmatov (Director of Photography), Valentin Perelyotov (Costume Design), Victor Tsirgiladze (Executive Producer), Tatyana Likhachyova (Editor)
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Studio: Mosfilm
Runtime: 167 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 21, 1950
IMDb: 5.9
