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The Siege: The Luga Defense Line
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The Siege: The Luga Defense Line

1974-12-01 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 5.3

War · Drama · History

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.

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Directors
Mikhail Yershov
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Yuriy SolominYuriy SolominAleksei Zvyagintsev
Yevgeni LebedevYevgeni LebedevIvan Korolyov
Irina AkulovaIrina AkulovaVera Korolyova
Lev ZolotukhinLev ZolotukhinColonel Pavel Korolyov
Vladislav StrzhelchikVladislav StrzhelchikFyodor Valitskiy
Aleksandr RazinAleksandr RazinAnatoliy Valitskiy
Boris GorbatovBoris GorbatovJoseph Stalin
Sergei KharchenkoSergei KharchenkoZhdanov
Daniil SagalDaniil SagalMarshal Voroshilov
Vasiliy MininVasiliy MininMarshal Timoshenko
Valentin AbramovValentin AbramovShaposhnikov, chief of staff
Anatoliy VerbitskiyAnatoliy VerbitskiyNikolay Kuznetsov
Mikhail UlyanovMikhail UlyanovGeorgiy Zhukov
Roman GromadskiyRoman GromadskiyAleksey Kuznetsov
Konstantin MalakhovKonstantin MalakhovGeneral Popov
V. VoronovVoronov, Colonel General of Artillery
Radij AfanasyevLindeman
Vladimiras LidoVladimiras LidoGorodetskiy
Yuri KuraninYevstigneyev, chief of the intelligence dep. of the front HQ
Jonas LalasBoris Bychevskiy, chief of engineering troops

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