While Defending the Front Line
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Volkhov Front in 1942. The young political instructor of the counter-propaganda department of the headquarters of the division Rusanov is torn to the forefront. Together with an experienced warrior — captain Shaternikov — the hero gets to the forefront and transmits from the sound transmission programs addressed to German soldiers. And in the hours of calm passes several kilometers in order to see Katya, the signal woman of a neighboring sector of the front.
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Cast
26 people
Igor Kosukhin
Rusanov
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Viktor Avdyushko
Shaternikov
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Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Katya
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Vladimir Belokurov
Shorokhov
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Aleksandr Demyanenko
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Yuriy Solovyov
"crossbow"
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Andrey Fayt
Popov
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Gennadi Krashennikov
soldier
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Aleksandr Anisimov
Sanya
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Georgi Zhzhyonov
Sergei Nikolayevich
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Grigoriy Aronov
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Oleg Belov
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Yuliy Fayt Director · Yuriy Nagibin Writer Boris Chaikovsky Composer
First release May 31, 1965 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Пока фронт в обороне
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Пока фронт в обороне
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 31, 1965
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No release date listed for United States.
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