Front Without Flanks
(1975)
★ 5.5 IMDb · 6 votes
Year: 1975
Runtime: 170 мин
Country: Soviet Union
Director: Игорь Гостев
Cast: Вячеслав Тихонов, Олег Жаков, Галина Польских, Семён Морозов, Евгений Шутов, Иван Переверзев, Владимир Ивашов, Владимир Заманский, Александр Денисов, Тофик Мирзоев
Plot
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.