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Directed by Sergey Gerasimov Production
company Mosfilm Director Sergei Gerasimov Production company Mosfilm | 6.9/10 IMDb Written by Sergey Gerasimov Distributed by Artkino Pictures (US) Screenplay Sergei Gerasimov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Tamara Makarova
Viktor Dobrovolsky
Sofya Khalyutina Release date August 5, 1944 (1944-08-05) Initial release 5 August 1944 (Soviet Union) Cinematography Vladimir Yukolov, Vladimir Yakovlev Cast Tamara Makarova, Pyotr Alejnikov, Mark Bernes, Vera Altayskaya, Sergei Blinnikov Similar City of Youth, Nepobedimye, Lev Tolstoy, Maskarad, Lyubit cheloveka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Ural Front (Russian: Большая земля, Bolshaya zemlya) is a 1944 Soviet war film directed by Sergey Gerasimov and starring Tamara Makarova, Viktor Dobrovolsky and Sofya Khalyutina.
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivan Stepanov. It was distributed in the United States in 1945 by Artkino Pictures.
Plot
The picture begins in August 1941, during the Great Patriotic War. In one town of the Urals, women accompany their husbands to the war. Now they are alone and have to cope with chores by themselves. Anna, the protagonist of the film, displays strong will and organizational skills which are needed.
Industry is evacuated to the Urals, along with equipment, and people come from places where the fighting is underway or could begin soon. These people have become refugees and they need shelter. Anna takes into her house a family - a woman with children and others also follow suit.