One Day of War

Overview

A Soviet documentary chronicling a single day of the Great Patriotic War—June 13, 1942, the 356th day of the conflict. Filmed simultaneously across all fronts and the home front by 160 newsreel cameramen, and edited by Mikhail Slutsky at the Central Studio of Documentary Films, it offers a sweeping portrait of total war. Released in October 1942, the project captured the Soviet struggle against the German invaders in a single, coordinated day of filming.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 22, 1942

Original language

Russian

Production

Central Studio of Documentary Films

Cast

Yuriy Levitan,William S. Gailmor

Director

Mikhail Slutsky

Writer

Aleksei Kapler

Producer

I. Soluyanov

Music

Daniil Pokrass

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0034641