The Star () is a 1949 Soviet war film directed by Aleksandr Ivanov and starring Anatoly Verbitsky, Alexey Pokrovsky and Oleg Zhakov. The film was completed in 1949, but was not released for four years. It portrays a group of Soviet soldiers who are cut off and surrounded by German troops during the Second World War.
The film was remade in 2002.
Plot
The command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent to the enemy rear to clarify the data do not return. A new group of seven scouts under the code name The Star led by Lieutenant Travkin are sent. When returning after completing the task the group suddenly is faced with the German detachment. Lieutenant Travkin sends one of the scouts with a report, afterwards he and his comrades enter into a mortal battle with the enemy.
Cast
Anatoly Verbitsky as Group Commander Lieutenant Travkin
Alexey Pokrovsky as Political Officer Lieutenant Meshcheryakov
Irina Radchenko as Kate Simakova
Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Radio operator Tatiana Ulybysheva
Oleg Zhakov as Colonel Serbichenko
Movsoum Sanani as Chief of Staff of the Division / Colonel Aliyev
Nikolay Kryuchkov as Sgt. Mamochkin
Vasiliy Merkurev as Anikanov
Pavel Volkov as Scout
Vladimir Marev as Scout
Yu Abikh as Scout Yura Golubovsky
N. Stepanov as Scout Brazhnikov
Viktor Kulakov as Head of the Division's Intelligence
Georgy Satini as Degtyarev captain
Lev Stepanov as German
Evgeniy Teterin as German General
References
Bibliography
Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.