In the Carpathians during 1945, near the borders with Czechoslovakia, the last battles are going on. No one expects major military operations on this sector of the front. Peaceful life ahead. The German group, leaving the encirclement, is rapidly heading towards the city of Maritsa, where the Slovak partisans have just entered. Captain Novikov's small artillery battery receives an order to stop the German tanks at all costs...
Crew
Lev Saakov
Director, Writer
Yuri Bondarev
Writer, Novel
N. Belyaeva
Script Editor
Margarita Dimitrato
Editor
Nikolay Olonovskiy
Director of Photography
I. Paramonov
Assistant Director
N. Ivanov
Producer
Nikolay Markin
Production Design
Valentin Lagutin
Sound Director
Sergey Mukhin
VFX Artist
German Shimkovich
VFX Director of Photography
Mieczysław Weinberg
Original Music Composer
Bulat Okudzhava
Lyricist
G. Dudnik
Military Consultant
M. Orlov
Military Consultant
Grigoriy Gamburg
Conductor