The Star ( Zvezda )

The Star (DVD) (*)

$34.99

Original Title: Zvezda
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Russia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Nikolai Lebedev

Written By:
Aleksandr Borodyansky
Yevgeni Grigoryev

Actors:
Igor Petrenko ..... Travkin
Artyom Semakin ..... Vorobej
Aleksei Panin ..... Mamochkin
Aleksei Kravchenko ..... Anikanov
Anatoli Gushchin ..... Bykov
Amadu Mamadakov ..... Temdekov
Yuri Laguta ..... Brazhnikov
Yekaterina Vulichenko ..... Katya
Andrei Yegorov ..... Barashkin
Sergei Miller ..... First Captured German
Gennadi Vorotnikov ..... Second Captured German
Aleksandr Efimov ..... Third Captured German
Aleksandr Naumov ..... Serbichenko
Aleksandr Dyachenko ..... Galiyev
Oleg Gushchin ..... Likhachyov

Synopsis:

Zvezda (The Star) takes place in the summer of 1944, when Red Army troops were fighting on the Polish border in hopes of halting Hitler's advancing forces. In a desperate attempt to gain intelligence on a massive tank attack the Germans are allegedly orchestrating, a team of scouts with the radio code name "Star" is haphazardly put together from the ranks of the surviving soldiers. Though a series of encounters with the enemy quickly follows, the rag-tag group of men are able to broadcast the details of future enemy tactics and troop movements even as they are annihilated in a brutal battle with German troops. The Russian soldiers are given posthumous medals for bravery in 1964. Zvezda is directed by Nikolai Lebedev, who greatly admires Steven Spielberg's work, and admittedly tried to emulate many of the American director's techniques used in Saving Private Ryan.

War film: it is the summer of 1944 and the Red Army is preparing to defend the Polish border from advancing German troops. A small team of Russian soldiers is assembled and sent behind enemy lines.

During WW2 the Russian Army sent a special group named 'Zvezda' to fight the Nazis in their backyard.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 March, 2009.

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