Storyline
Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
Cast & Crew
Mikheil Gelovani
I. V. Stalin
Lead
Maksim Shtraukh
Molotov
Aleksei Gribov
Voroshilov
Nikolai Ryzhov
Kaganovich
Gavriil Belov
Kalinin
Ruben Simonov
Mikoyan
G. Pasechnik
Malenkov
Vladimir Lyubimov
Marshal Vasilyevsky
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mikheil Chiaureli's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. The Fall of Berlin is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
