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13/11/1943 Documentary, War 1h 23m
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Overview

The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

  1. Frank Capra

    Director

  2. Anatole Litvak

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anthony Veiller

    Narrator

  2. Ion Antonescu

    Self

  3. Nikolai Cherkasov

    Alexander Nevsky

  4. Miklós Horthy

    Self

  5. Alfred Jodl

    Self

  6. King Boris III

    Self

  7. King Michael

    Self

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-07
For some reason, I always felt that this front of WWII was always the most horrendous, and this two-parter goes some way to poignantly illustrating that. Using a combination of animated maps and plenty of wartime newsreel, it takes us into the heart of the Soviet Union as the encroaching Nazis crushed all before them. It’s striking that though much of Western Europe was industrialised, the population facing this onslaught was a largely agrarian one still using scythes, horse-drawn ploughs and with little access to electricity. Initially, this looks like it’s going to be a cake-walk for the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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