Feb 18, 1985
285 min
Full-HD

Batallions Ask for Fire (1985)

A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.

Category

History War Drama

Country

Soviet Union

Companies

Gosteleradio USSR Mosfilm

Aleksandr Zbruev

Capt. Boris Yermakov

Vadim Spiridonov

Col. Vladimir Iverzev

Oleg Efremov

Col. Vasili Gulaev

Aleksandr Galibin

Lt. Seryozha Kondratyev

Igor Sklyar

Sgt. Zhora Vitkovsky

Gennadi Frolov

Col. Evgeni Alekseev

Vladimir Kashpur

Maj. Bulbanuk

Aleksandr Feklistov

Sgt. Elyutin

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