The Siege: Operation "Iskra"
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"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line.
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Part of The Siege of Leningrad
4 films
Cast
76 people
Yuriy Solomin
Aleksei Zvyagintsev
Known for
Dersu Uzala
Ordinary Miracle
Yevgeni Lebedev
Ivan Korolyov
Known for
Wedding in Malinovka
Irina Akulova
Vera Korolyova
Known for
Air Crew
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Fyodor Valitskiy
Known for
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
Aleksandr Razin
Anatoliy Valitskiy
Also in
The Last Meeting
Boris Gorbatov
Joseph Stalin
Also in
Messrs. Golovlevs
Port Arthur
Sergei Kharchenko
Zhdanov
Known for
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
Roman Gromadskiy
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Also in
A Person Changes Skin
The Feast of the Baked Potato
Aleksei Presnetsov
General Govorov
Also in
Carbide and Sorrel
The Turning Point
Mikhail Ulyanov
Georgiy Zhukov
Known for
The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
Daniil Sagal
Marshal Voroshilov
Also in
The New Moscow
The Village Teacher
V. Voronov
Voronov (Colonel General of Artillery)
Mikhail Yershov Director · Aleksandr Chakovskiy Screenplay Venyamin Basner Composer
Budget $1M · First release December 2, 1977 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Блокада: Операция «Искра»
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 2, 1977
Limited theatrical · Leningrad
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
April 24, 1978 · Theatrical
Russia
January 20, 2009 · Physical · DVD, "Azimuth"
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