The Siege: Operation "Iskra"
Genres
Overview
"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.
Details
Budget
$1000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
0 min
Release Date
1977-12-02
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
5
Yuriy Solomin
Aleksei Zvyagintsev
Yevgeni Lebedev
Ivan Korolyov
Irina Akulova
Vera Korolyova
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Fyodor Valitskiy
Aleksandr Razin
Anatoliy Valitskiy
Boris Gorbatov
Joseph Stalin
Sergei Kharchenko
Zhdanov
Roman Gromadskiy
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Aleksei Presnetsov
General Govorov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Georgiy Zhukov
Daniil Sagal
Marshal Voroshilov
Stanislav Fesyunov
Major General Fedyuninsky
V. Voronov
Voronov (Colonel General of Artillery)
Lev Zolotukhin
Colonel Pavel Korolyov
Igor Komarov
Dukhanov
Gerbert Dmitriev
General Gusev
German Khovanov
Shilov
Oleg Khromenkov
Bychevskiy
Rudolf Chelishchev
Cherokov
Vladimir Treshchalov
Zamirovskiy
Nikolay Fedortsov
Surovtsev
Nikolay Trofimov
Yevgeniy Pastukhov
Gogi Gegechkori
Rezo Bakanidze
Sergei Filippov
Vasiliy Gubarev, communications chief
Danuta Stolyarskaya
Olga Berggolts
Stanislav Stankevych
Adolf Hitler
Juozas Budraitis
Danvitz, German major
Vladimir Zeldin
Wilhelm von Leeb
Viktor Burkhart
Guderian
Radij Afanasyev
Lindeman
Serhii Smeian
Franz Halder
Yuri Dedovich
Pavlov
Pavel Kashlakov
Major General Krasnov
Fyodor Batishchev
Major General Simonyak
A. Trubachyov
Colonel Trubachyov
D. Obraztsov
Keytel
Aleksandr Zakharov
Volf, German general
Yuri Maltsev
Khozin
Vasili Leonov
Kadrovik
Viktor Terekhov
Sergey Bryantsev
Ernst Romanov
Babushkin, employee of the Leningrad Radio
B. Volkov
Surgeon
Nina Chekmaryova
Varvara Semyonova
Azamat Bagirov
Zinaida Dorogova
Kseniya Ilyinichna, Vera's mom
Irina Stepanova
Nina Vasilkova
Valeri Smolyakov
Dunwitz's buddy
Valeriy Doronin
German soldier, translator
Roman Fertman
Ferch, German general
Albert Pechnikov
Roslyy, Petty officer from the cruiser "Leningrad"
Boris Arakelov
Aleksandr Tipanov, legendary hero
German Kolushkin
Molchanov, driver
Nikolay Volkov
Sovetskiy soldat
Sergei Polezhayev
Poskrebyshev
Nina Antonova
Leningrader
Igor Mikhaylov
Aleksandr Lipov
Efreytor Kholopov
Marina Yurasova
Zhanna Sukhopolskaya
Aleksandr Afanasev
Kovalyov - nachalnik svyazi
Vladimir Volchik
Employee of the Leningrad Radio
Mikhail Vasilyev
Nikolay Gavrilov
Aleksey Erin
Arkadiy Pyshnyak
Stanislav Sokolov
Sokolov (chief of staff)
Yevgeni Goryunov
Leningrader in a bomb shelter
Vitaliy Matveyev
driver
Viktor Semyonovskiy
A. Andreev
Old soviet soldier
Yuriy Rashkin
Vladimir Sidorov
Colonel Borshchyov
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Manshtein
Boris Volkov
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