Liberation: The Fire Bulge

Liberation: The Fire Bulge

Original Title: Освобождение: Огненная Дуга
Release: 1968 | Community Score: 72%

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Cast

Nikolay Olyalin

Nikolay Olyalin

Tsvetaev
Larisa Golubkina

Larisa Golubkina

Zoya
Boris Zajdenberg

Boris Zajdenberg

Capt. Orlov
Sergey Nikonenko

Sergey Nikonenko

Sashka
Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Lukin
Vladimir Samoylov

Vladimir Samoylov

Gromov
Yuri Kamornyj

Yuri Kamornyj

Vasilev
Valeriy Nosik

Valeriy Nosik

Dorozhkin
Jan Englert

Jan Englert

Janek Wolny
Viktor Avdyushko

Viktor Avdyushko

Maksimov
Igor Ozerov

Igor Ozerov

Leontyev
Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Gen. Zhukov
Vladlen Davydov

Vladlen Davydov

Gen. Rokossovsky
Evgeni Burenkov

Evgeni Burenkov

Gen. Vasilevsky
Sergei Kharchenko

Sergei Kharchenko

Gen. Vatutin
Vladislav Strzhelchik

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Gen. Antonov
Mykola Rushkovsky

Mykola Rushkovsky

Gen. Moskalenko
Dmytro Franko

Dmytro Franko

Gen. Rybalko
Konstantin Zabelin

Konstantin Zabelin

General Mikhail Katukov
Bukhuti Zakariadze

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Josef Stalin
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Roosevelt
Yury Durov

Yury Durov

Churchill
Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez

Adolf Hitler
Ivo Garrani

Ivo Garrani

Mussolini
Gerd Michael Henneberg

Gerd Michael Henneberg

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Siegfried Weiß

Siegfried Weiß

Erich von Manstein
Hannjo Hasse

Hannjo Hasse

General Fieldmarshal Günther von Kluge
Peter Sturm

Peter Sturm

Generaloberst Walter Model
Florin Piersic

Florin Piersic

Otto Skorzeny
Artyom Karapetyan

Artyom Karapetyan

Narrator (voice)
Tõnu Aav

Tõnu Aav

German officer in a concentration camp
Voldemārs Akurāters

Voldemārs Akurāters

Captain William Stewart
Aleksandr Barushnoy

Aleksandr Barushnoy

Alan Brooke
Viktor Baykov

Viktor Baykov

Vyacheslav Molotov
Nikolai Bogolyubov

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Kliment Voroshilov
Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

Sergeant
Werner Dissel

Werner Dissel

Alfred Jodl
Yuriy Dubrovin

Yuriy Dubrovin

messenger sent to Leontyev
Nikolay Eryomenko

Nikolay Eryomenko

Josip Broz Tito
Olev Eskola

Olev Eskola

Arthur von Christman
Horst Giese

Horst Giese

Bruno Fermella
Horst Gill

Horst Gill

Otto Günsche
Pyotr Glebov

Pyotr Glebov

Pavel Rotmistrov
Ioseb Gogichaishvili

Ioseb Gogichaishvili

Yakov Dzhugashvili
Valentin Grachyov

Valentin Grachyov

Cezary Julski

Cezary Julski

Roman Khomyatov

Roman Khomyatov

German translator who shot Major Maximov
Yuriy Kireev

Yuriy Kireev

orderly
Hans-Hartmut Krüger

Hans-Hartmut Krüger

General Hans Krebs
Hans Ulrich Laufer

Hans Ulrich Laufer

Gustav Schmidt
Yuri Leonidov

Yuri Leonidov

Major, commander of an infantry battalion from the Rybalko army
Fred Mahr

Fred Mahr

Sepp Dietrich
Heino Mandri

Heino Mandri

Yury Martynov

Yury Martynov

Gromov's adjutant
Peter Marx

Peter Marx

Theodor Busse
Grigory Mikhaylov

Grigory Mikhaylov

Mikhail Malinin
Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Savchuk
Yuri Pomerantsev

Yuri Pomerantsev

General Andrei Vlasov
Klyon Protasov

Klyon Protasov

Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko
Viktor Shakhov

Viktor Shakhov

Gorokhov
Pyotr Shcherbakov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Gen. Telegin
Valerian Vinogradov

Valerian Vinogradov

Yuri Vyshinsky

Yuri Vyshinsky

Vladimir Protasenko

Vladimir Protasenko

Nikolai Vatutin