The Siege: The Luga Defense Line

Overview

In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also abandoned. The battles in the Luga direction held back the enemy. The first attacks of the Germans, intending to cross the Luga line on the move, were repulsed with heavy losses for them.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 1974

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

M. Pavlyuchenko,Dmitriy Zebrov,Nikolay Aleksandrovich,V. Voronov,Vasiliy Krasnov,Lyubov Malinovskaya,Stanislav Fesyunov,Vladimir Gordenin,Yuriy Solomin,Yuriy Bashkovand 68 more

Director

Mikhail Yershov

Writer

Mikhail Matusovsky,Arnold Vitol,Aleksandr Chakovskiy

Cinematography

Anatoli Nazarov

Music

Venyamin Basner

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0144111