The Battle of Russia (1943) - film review

Documentary / History / War

Summary

The Battle of Russia is a war film first released in 1943, directed by Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak. The film stars Ion Antonescu, Nikolai Cherkasov, Anthony Eden, Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. It has also been released under the title: The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

Write a synopsis for this film...

Review

Write a review for this film...

User Comments

What do you think of this film?

Useful links

Related links

To buy this film

Check DVD and Blu-ray availability:

amazon.co.uk amazon.fr amazon.com

Credits

Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Script: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Rober Heller, Adolf Hitler, Anatole Litvak, John Sanford, Anthony Veiller
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cast: Ion Antonescu (Himself), Nikolai Cherkasov (Alexander Nevsky), Anthony Eden (Himself), Hermann Göring (Himself), Adolf Hitler (Himself), Miklós Horthy (Himself), Walter Huston (Narrator), Alfred Jodl (Himself), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Himself), Ye. Karrik (King Charles XII of Sweden), Wilhelm Keitel (Himself), King Boris III (Himself), King Michael (Himself), General Kosakov (Himself), Maxim Litvinov (Himself), Yosuke Matsuoka (Himself), Vyacheslav Molotov (Himself), Benito Mussolini (Himself), Friedrich Paulus (Himself (surrenders to Russians at Stalingrad)), Konstantin Rokossovsky (Himself), Arthur Schmidt (Himself (seated with Paulus at surrender)), Haile Selassie (Himself), Mikhail Shumilov (Himself), Nikolai Simonov (Peter the Great), Joseph Stalin (Himself), Tsar Nicholas II (Himself), Anthony Veiller (Narrator), General Edler von Daniels (Himself), Joachim von Ribbentrop (Himself), Nikolai Voronov (Himself), Georgi Zhukov (Himself)
Country: more
Language: English
Runtime: 83 min; B&W
Aka: The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen; Why We Fight, 5

To buy The Battle of Russia:

For the latest DVDs and books on French cinema...

A-Z