“The Great Turning Point” is a 1945 feature film. The film was restored in 1967 at the film studio " Lenfilm ".
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| Genre | war film |
| Producer | Friedrich Ermler |
| Author script | Boris Chirskov |
| In the main cast | Mikhail Derzhavin Sr. Peter Andrievsky Yuri Tolubeev Andrey Abrikosov |
| Operator | Arkady Ring Nisson shifrin |
| Composer | Gavriil Popov |
| Film company | " Lenfilm " |
| Duration | 108 min. |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | Russian |
| Year | 1945 |
| IMDb | ID 0037426 |
Content
About the film
The film tells about the fate of those who commanded the troops during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, which became the turning point in the Great Patriotic War . For five months the city resisted the fascist offensive. To give Stalingrad to the enemy meant to lose the war, but it seemed almost impossible to keep the city ... True, in the dialogues of the film the word “Stalingrad” is not pronounced, it says: “city”; Only in one of the frames is the trophy map showing Stalingrad (Zarizin). The absence of a claim for complete historical accuracy is also expressed in the fact that all military personnel wear shoulder straps (which were not yet entered during the defense of Stalingrad) and fictitious names.
The film glorifies both the wisdom of the High Command, which concentrates the reserve for a decisive blow, and the courage, courage and determination of the commanders of all the units who received the order: “Protect the city!”.
The original name is "Army General". The film was completed in 1945 and was released on January 29, 1946 . According to Georges Sadoulou, the picture should be considered "the best work done at the end of the war." Noting that the film has relatively few battle scenes, the director will apply a new technique - “describes the battle psychologically; he forces the viewer to follow the thought of military leaders, their discussions, hesitations and decisions ", the French film expert wrote:" Ermler managed to create a picture that faithfully reflected the new, socialist psychology, and to reach a rare depth with means that the theater had not used until now nor fiction " [1] .
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Mikhail Derzhavin Sr. | Colonel-General Muravyov , Commander of the Front |
| Peter Andrievsky | Colonel General Vinogradov , Chief of Staff of the Front |
| Yuri Tolubeev | Major General Lavrov , a member of the Military Council of the Front |
| Andrey Abrikosov | Lieutenant-General Krivenko , Commander of the 21st Army |
| Alexander Zrazhevsky | Lieutenant-General of the Engineering Troops Panteleev |
| Nikolai Korn | Major General, Front Operations Officer |
| S. Rakhmanin | Major General, Front Intelligence Officer |
| Mark Bernes | "Minute" , the driver of the commander |
| Vladimir Maryev | Lieutenant Fedorov |
| Pavel Volkov | Stepan , scout |
| Sergey Karnovich-Valois | german general von claus |
| Galina Inyutina | Liza Muravyov |
| Mikhail Devyatkin | General Students |
Film crew
- Screenwriter: Boris Chirskov
- Director: Friedrich Ermler
- Main cameraman : Arkady Ring
- Operator: Nisson Schifrin
- Artists: Nikolay Suvorov and V. Goryunov
- Composer: Gabriel Popov
- Sound engineers: Alexander Ostrovsky and Nikolai Kosarev
- Editor: Evgenia Makhankova
- Director of the picture: Mikhail Shostak
Awards
- Grand Prix at the First Cannes International Film Festival 1946 [2] .
- Laureate of the Cannes Film Festival in the nomination "Best Screenplay" for 1946.
- Laureate of the Cannes Film Festival in the nomination "USSR" for 1946.
Notes
- ↑ Sadul J. The history of cinema. From its inception to our days. Translation from the French edition of M. K. Levina. Revision, preface and notes G. A. Avenarius. - M .: Foreign literature, 1957. - p. 337. - 464 p.
- ↑ Darovskiy V. A. Film Festivals: Birth. Becoming The current state. - SPb: SPbGUKI, 2005. - p. 20. - 172 p.
Links
- "The Great Fracture" on the site "Encyclopedia of the national cinema"