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Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8 (1942)

Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8 poster
Original title
Боевой киносборник № 8
Directed by
Mikola Sadkovich, Leonid Lukov
Genre
war film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
56 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Soviet war propaganda film from 1942, the eighth in a series of fifteen. It was made by studios in Tashkent during the German advance on Moscow and released after the Soviet victory there. It contains short fiction pieces meant to boost morale and rally support for the war effort.

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What happens

«Боевой киносборник № 8» — советский военно-пропагандистский киноальманах, восьмой фильм серии из пятнадцати «боевых киносборников» снимавшихся в СССР в годы Великой Отечественной войны. «Боевой киносборник № 8» снимался силами Ташкентской и эвакуированной в Ташкент Киевской киностудий, в дни наступления немецких войск на Москву. Был выпущен на экраны 7 февраля 1942 года после поражения немецких войск под Москвой. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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