The Last Frontier
2020 · Movie · 136 min. · Russia
The film tells the story of the Podolsk cadets' heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets from the Podolsk infantry and artillery schools were sent to the Ilyinsky line of defense, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men in their teens laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. This film is not only about war. It is also about love, true camaraderie, and the path from boyhood to manhood. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
Direction Vadim Shmelyov
Cast Artyom Gubin · Lubov Konstantinova · Igor Yudin · Aleksey Bardukov · Evgeniy Dyatlov · Sergey Bezrukov · Roman Madyanov · Yekaterina Rednikova · Sergey Bondarchuk · Guram Bablishvili · Dmitriy Solomykin · Darya Ursulyak · Daniil Spivakovskiy · Vasili Mishchenko · Gleb Bochkov · Mark Vdovin · Daria Konyzheva · Pavel Stont · Gleb Danilov · Dmitry Brauer · Aleksey Takharov · Nikolay Samsonov
Soundtrack Yuri Poteyenko
Screenplay Vadim Shmelyov · Igor Ugolnikov
Cinematography Andrey Gurkin
Original title Podolskiye kursanty
5.7
24 votes (FilmAffinity)
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