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Moscow Strikes Back
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Moscow Strikes Back is a 1942 Soviet black-and-white documentary film directed by Leonid Varlamov and Ilya Kopalin. The production was handled by the Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films, also known as Tsentralnaya Studiya Kinokhroniki. The screenplay was written by Albert Maltz, with music composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. The film focuses on World War II and the Battle of Moscow. It was originally released in Russian under the title Разгром немецких войск под Москвой.
The film has a runtime of 55 minutes according to one source and 69 minutes according to another. It received an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and was nominated for the same award. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best Documentary collection. Distribution has been handled by Republic Pictures and Netflix, available via video on demand. The film holds a rating of 6.7 on IMDb and a vote average of 5.588 on TMDb.
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5.6A Soviet documentary chronicling the Battle of Moscow (October 1941 – January 1942), when Red Army forces repelled the German advance on the capital. Shot by numerous frontline cameramen, it combines harrowing footage of combat and civilian suffering with scenes of Nazi atrocities, framed against themes of Russian heroism and cultural survival. Originally released under the title Defeat of the German Armies Near Moscow, the English-language version, narrated by Edward G. Robinson, was retitled Moscow Strikes Back. The film won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Warning: contains graphic images.
Cast
- N. Dubravin as Narrator(voice)
- Edward G. Robinson as Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Main subject
- Battle of Moscow
- Director
- Ilya Kopalin
- Screenwriter
- Albert Maltz
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Production company
- Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films
- Duration
- 55
- FilmAffinity ID
- 749217
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Moscow Strikes Back 11-25 cheering Red Army parade, bayonets fixed.jpg
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- publication date
- 1942-01-01
- Commons category
- Moscow Strikes Back
- title
- Разгром немецких войск под Москвой
- color
- black-and-white
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- distributed by
- Netflix
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