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Feature film — 2020

The Last Frontier (2020)

6.52h 10mWar — Drama — History

The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.

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A high-signal pick with 97 votes.

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Director: Vadim Shmelyov

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Cast & crew

Aleksey Bardukov as Afanasiy Aleshkin

Aleksey Bardukov

Afanasiy Aleshkin

Evgeniy Dyatlov as Ivan Strelbitskiy

Evgeniy Dyatlov

Ivan Strelbitskiy

Sergey Bezrukov as Ivan Starchak

Sergey Bezrukov

Ivan Starchak

Lyubov Konstantinova as Masha Grigoryeva

Lyubov Konstantinova

Masha Grigoryeva

Artem Gubin as Sashka Lavrov

Artem Gubin

Sashka Lavrov

Igor Yudin as Mitya Shemyakin

Igor Yudin

Mitya Shemyakin

Guram Bablishvili as Museridze

Guram Bablishvili

Museridze

Dmitry Solomykin as Shapovalov

Dmitry Solomykin

Shapovalov

Roman Madyanov as Vasily Smirnov

Roman Madyanov

Vasily Smirnov

Yekaterina Rednikova as Nikitina

Yekaterina Rednikova

Nikitina

Sergey Bondarchuk as Dementyev

Sergey Bondarchuk

Dementyev

Darya Ursulyak as Liza Aleshkina

Darya Ursulyak

Liza Aleshkina