Front Beyond the Front Line (1978)

Original title

Фронт за линией фронта

Directed by

Igor Gostev

Genre

drama film, war film, partisan film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 44m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet officer leads a partisan group fighting behind Nazi lines during World War II. The film follows their efforts to resist the occupation and survive behind enemy territory.

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What happens

Front Beyond the Front Line (Russian: Фронт за линией фронта, romanized: Front za liniey fronta) is a 1977 Soviet war film directed by Igor Gostev. The film is the second part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union during WWII. The first part is Front Without Flanks (1975). The third part is Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981). All three screenplays were written by KGB Officer Semyon Tsvigun. Vyacheslav Tikhonov starred as Soviet Army Officer Mlynsky, the commander of the partisan group in all three films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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