Soldiers of Freedom

Soldiers of Freedom is a four-part 1977 film epic directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. It is a World War II historical drama and the sequel to 1970-71's Liberation. Plot The film reflects the following events of World War II: the capitulation of Friedrich Paulus's Sixth Army as a result of the failed assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942; the preparation for revolt in Slovakia; negotiations of the Polish communists with Władysław Sikorski's government over their joint struggle against fascism; the creation of a National Committee of the Domestic Front in Bulgaria and preparation by underground workers-communists for armed revolt; expansion of the guerrilla (partisan) movement; the failure of a German attempt to destroy People's Liberation Army of Josip Broz Tito; one of the largest military operations, Bagration; the beginning of the liberation of Poland; creation of the Polish National Government in Lublin; the Warsaw Uprising; the capitulation of Bór-Komorowski and defeat of the Polish patriots; the entry of Soviet and Polish armies into Warsaw. Cast Mikhail Ulyanov - Marshal Zhukov Yevgeny Matveyev - Leonid Brezhnev Vasily Lanovoy - Andrei Grechko Stefan Getsov - Georgi Dimitrov Viktor Avdyushko - Marshal Ivan Konev Bohus Pastorek - Klement Gottwald Horst Preusker - Wilhelm Pieck Yakov Tripolsky - Joseph Stalin Lubomir Kabakchiyev - Palmiro Togliatti Boris Belov - Maurice Thorez Peter Stefanou - Todor Zhivkov Vladlen Davydov - Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky Károly Ujlaky - János Kádár Miklós Benedek - Gen. Ludvík Svoboda Anton Gorchev - Dobri Dzhurov Violeta Bahchevanova - Roza Dimitrova Valentin Kazancki - Winston Churchill Stanisław Jaśkiewicz - Franklin D. Roosevelt Naum Shopov - Tzar Boris III Fritz Diez - Adolf Hitler Gerd Michael Henneberg - Wilhelm Keitel Horst Gill - Otto Günsche Pavel Popandov - Tzano Velchev Valentin Gadzhokov - Atanas Hadzhiyanchev Zlatko Pavlov - Zdravko Nikolai Ouzounov - Tzvyatko Zbigniew Józefowicz - Piotr Jaroszewicz Edward Linde-Lubaszenko - Edward Gierek Jerzy Turek Constantin Fugașin - Nicolae Ceaușescu External links