The Third Blow

Overview

On April 1944, Joseph Stalin orders the Red Army to liberate the Crimea from the German occupiers. The Wehrmacht's local commanders beg Hitler to allow them to retreat from the vulnerable position, but he refuses. After a fierce battle, the Soviet forces destroy the German and Romanian units defending the peninsula and retake Sevastopol.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 26, 1948

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Cast

Ivan Pereverzev,Mark Bernes,Mikhail Astangov,Nikolai Bogolyubov,Yuri Lavrov,Sergei Martinson,Aleksey Dikiy,Viktor Stanitsyn,Mikhail Romanov,Vladimir Batalovand 1 more

Director

Ihor Savchenko

Writer

Arkadi Perventsev

Producer

Leonid Koretskiy,L. Nezguretskiy,Naum Vaintrob

Cinematography

Mikhail Kirillov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0040900