The Hot Snow
Jun 06 1972
•2h 45m
•War, Drama
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' army. The Soviet artillery soldiers protect their position with their lives in a bloodshed with few survivors.
Cast
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Georgi Zhzhyonov
Пётр Александрович Бессонов, командующий армией, генерал-лейтенант
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Виталий Исаевич Веснин, член военсовета армии, дивизионный комиссар
Vadim Spiridonov
Деев, командир дивизии, полковник
Boris Tokarev
Николай Кузнецов, командир огневого взвода, лейтенант
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