The Siege: Operation "Iskra"
1977, Russian. Directed by Mikhail Yershov.
"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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- Post-credits
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- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Mikhail YershovDirector
- Yuriy SolominAleksei Zvyagintsev
- Yevgeni LebedevIvan Korolyov
- Irina AkulovaVera Korolyova
- Vladislav StrzhelchikFyodor Valitskiy
- Aleksandr RazinAnatoliy Valitskiy
- Boris GorbatovJoseph Stalin
- Sergei KharchenkoZhdanov
- Roman GromadskiyAleksey Kuznetsov
- Aleksei PresnetsovGeneral Govorov
- Mikhail UlyanovGeorgiy Zhukov
- Daniil SagalMarshal Voroshilov
- V. VoronovVoronov (Colonel General of Artillery)
Details
- Released
- 2 December 1977
- Original title
- Блокада: Операция «Искра»
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Chakovskiy
- Budget
- $1M
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Watch The Siege: The Luga Defense Line (1974), Blokada: Pulkovo Meridian (1975), and The Siege: Leningrad Metronome (1977) first.
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Who directed The Siege: Operation "Iskra"?
The Siege: Operation "Iskra" (1977) was directed by Mikhail Yershov and stars Yuriy Solomin, Yevgeni Lebedev, Irina Akulova.