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Front Without Flanks

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Front Without Flanks
Russian poster
Russian: Фронт без флангов
Directed byIgor Gostev
Written by
Starring
CinematographyAleksandr Kharitonov [ru]
Edited by
  • L. Nisunova
  • V. Yankovskiy
Music byVenyamin Basner
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Front Without Flanks (Russian: Фронт без флангов, romanizedFront bez flangov) is a 1975 Soviet World War II film directed by Igor Gostev.[1][2][3]

The film is the first part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union during WWII. The second part is Front Beyond the Front Line (1977). The third part is Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981). All three screenplays were written by KGB Officer Semyon Tsvigun.

Vyacheslav Tikhonov starred as Soviet Army Officer Mlynsky, the commander of the partisan group in all three films.

Plot

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The film takes place in August, 1941. The Red Army is moving east. Major Mlynsky leads a detachment that begins to fight the invaders in the rear lines.[4]

Cast

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