Moscow Strikes Back
"IT'S SENSATIONAL!"
Overview
A 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.
About Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
Released in 1942, Moscow Strikes Back is a documentary and war film from Tsentralnaya Studiya Kinokhroniki (Soviet Union). It was directed by Leonid Varlamov and Ilya Kopalin and written by Pyotr Pavlenko. The cast is led by N. Dubravin and Edward G. Robinson. With a runtime of 55m, the film averages 5.6/10 across 17 TMDB ratings.
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