The Star (2002 film)
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Directed by | Nikolai Lebedev |
Written by | Yevgeny Grigoriev Nikolai Lebedev Alexander Borodyansky |
Produced by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
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Music by | Alexey Rybnikov |
Distributed by | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
The Star (
Aleksei Kravchenko won a government award for his role in this film.
Plot
A team of Soviet scouts is sent behind enemy lines to find the location of the German armor forces. The Soviets wait until night, and open up with an artillery barrage. As the guns fire, the team advances. The team successfully slips behind enemy lines. Many dramatic scenes follow. In one, a German soldier is captured and interrogated. In another, the team calls an airstrike on German positions, causing great damage and casualties. One man even kills a German soldier with his pistol during the air attack. This tract of scenes finds the main characters successfully finding the location of the German armor. They are eventually cornered in a barn, with Germans attacking on all sides. During the battle, the team leader sends a radio message, telling the location of enemy armor. The team is eventually overrun and wiped out.
Cast
- Igor Petrenko as Lt. Travkin
- Artyom Semakin as Pvt. Vorobiev
- Aleksei Paninas Sgt. Mamochkin
- Aleksei Kravchenko as Sgt. Anikanov
- Anatoly Gushchin as Pvt. Bykov
- Amadu Mamadakov as Pvt. Temdekov
- Yuri Laguta as Sgt. Brazhnikov
- Yekaterina Vulichenko as Pvt. Katya Simakova
- Andrei Yegorov as Capt. Barashkin
- Alexander Dyachenko as Ltc. Galiyev
- Timofey Tribuntsev as episode
- Aleksandr Ustyugov as episode (uncredited)
Reception
Eddie Cockrell of Variety called it "an ordnance-packed war epic" and said that it was well made and might appeal to international audiences but that "Westerners have seen this formula before in Spielberg’s opus".[1]
References
- ^ Cockrell, Eddie (23 July 2002). "The Star". Variety.
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