16 best films about the war of 1941-1945: Heroic stories and the terrible story of those times

Films about the war of 1941-1945 - this is a whole direction in the cinema. If we watch a movie about those heroic and difficult times, we will always remember the heroic deeds of our ancestors, which gave us the opportunity to live in peace today.

“And the dawns here are quiet”

• Movie Release Year: 2015
• Country Russia
• Cast: Peter Fedorov, Anastasia Mikulchina, Ekaterina Vilkova, Daria Moroz, Kristina Asmus, Anatoly Bely, Zhenya Malakhova, Agniya Kuznetsova, Sofia Lebedeva

“The Dawns Here Are Quiet” is a dramatic military story that takes place during the war, in the spring of 1942. Fascist troops are advancing in all directions. All the men had already been taken to the front, only women, the elderly and small children remained behind. Young girls who had just graduated from school began to be called up to the ranks of the Soviet Army. To deprive the Soviet Army of the necessary transport route, the German command sends a specially trained group of SS troops to capture the railway and the Belomorsky Canal. To confront these trained and experienced saboteurs, they are directed by the foreman of the anti-aircraft troops, with a group of young but brave girls. These five young beauties took on a tough battle and fulfilled their duty to the Fatherland.

“Only old people go into battle”

• Year movie: 1973
• Country: Russia (USSR)
• Cast: Leonid Bykov, Alexander Nemchenko, Sergey Ivanov, Vladimir Talashko, Victor Miroshnichenko, Rustam Sadullaev, Sergey Podgorny, Alexey Smirnov, Evgenia Simonova

“Only Old Men Go Into Battle” is a wonderful military drama with notes of comedy. For more than a decade, this film has been stirring the hearts of viewers. And surely there is not a single adult in Russia who knows who the “Maestro” is from the “singing” squadron of military pilots of the military years 1941-1945. “Only old men go into battle” - these words the squadron commander addresses to young pilots who have recently come to the front, but have already gone through bloody military training. The viewer, along with the screen characters, falls in love, rejoices, worries, sings and, of course, participates in air battles with fascist pilots.

"28 Panfilov"

• Movie Release Year: 2016
• Country Russia
• Cast: Azamat Nigmanov, Alexander Ustyugov, Alexey Morozov, Maxim Beloborodov, Vitaliy Kovalenko, Alexey Longin, Dmitry Murashev, Oleg Fedorov, Anton Kuznetsov, Yakov Kuchersky

"28 Panfilov" is a wonderful military drama filmed by modern directors. The plot of the film takes the viewer back to 1941. Fascist troops are stubbornly advancing through the territory of the Soviet Union. Defense of the capital of the USSR becomes one of the most important tasks of the Soviet Army. The army defending Moscow includes an infantry division, commanded by Major General Panfilov. The soldiers understand that they have a responsible task. But the forces of the advancing German tank division are many times greater than the Panfilov’s, both in numbers and equipment. Twenty-eight soldiers of the Panfilov division did not give further advancement of the enemy. 28 Panfilov’s defended the main city of their homeland and showed selfless courage worthy of memory and respect.

"We are from the future"

• Movie Release Year: 2008
• Country Russia
• Cast: Daniil Strakhov, Sergey Makhavikov, Boris Galkin, Vladimir Yaglych, Dmitry Volokostrelov, Ralph Sheeha, Zoya Buryak, Igor Chernevich, Sergey Mukhin, Ekaterina Klimova

"We are from the future" - a fantastic action movie with stories of military history. The plot of the film begins in our time in St. Petersburg.Three young people are engaged in illegal excavations of ancient relics. At the next excavations, the guys stumbled upon an old dugout, found the documents of Soviet soldiers, but their own photos appear in these documents. Frightened young people jump into the lake. What happened to them and how to end this mysterious story?

“Battle for Sevastopol”

• Movie Release Year: 2015
• Country Russia
• Cast: Oleg Vasilkov, Julia Peresild, Polina Pakhomova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Nikita Tarasov, Vladimir Lilitsky, Valery Grishko, Natella Abeleva-Taganova, Anatoly Kot

“The Battle of Sevastopol” is a wonderful film about the war, which really reflects the heroism of the Soviet people in the struggle against the fascist invaders of 1941-1945. This film was shot on the basis of real events that took place during the heroic defense of Sevastopol and tells the story of a fragile young woman - a sniper. This lovely woman became the main enemy for the Germans. Against the background of the plot of war and heroism, warm love relationships unfold.

"Stalingrad"

• Movie Release Year: 2013
• Country Russia
• Cast: Maria Smolnikova, Peter Fedorov, Yana Studilina, Thomas Kretschmann, Andrey Smolyakov, Heiner Lautebach, Sergey Bondarchuk, Oleg Tilkin, Dmitry Lysenkov, Alexey Barabash

"Stalingrad" is a multifaceted and profound film about the war. Soviet intelligence officers were ordered to survive at all costs. Having taken a position in one of the residential buildings, the soldiers are defending against the German invaders. Amid the confrontation, a love story unfolds. A wonderful film about war, heroism, human qualities and love relationships.

“They fought for their homeland”

• Year movie: 1975
• Country: Russia (USSR)
• Cast: Daniil Ilchenko, Sergey Bondarchuk, Nikolay Volkov, Nikolay Gubenko, Georgy Burkov, Tatyana Bozhok

“They Fought for their Homeland” is a dramatic military story about the retreat of Soviet troops in 1941. In the film, the wonderful play of the actors faithfully conveys the mood of that time. Exhausted infantry soldiers obey orders and hold defenses against an attack by fascist troops. The first onslaught with heavy losses, but was repulsed. Not having time to take a breath, Soviet soldiers have to survive the air bombing. Many soldiers died, many wounded. But the Nazis are preparing the next attack.

"Brest Fortress"

• Movie Release Year: 2010
• Country: Russia, Belarus
• Cast: Pavel Derevyanko, Andrey Merzlikin, Yuri Anpilogov, Ilya Mozgovoy, Alexey Kopashov, Yana Esipovich, Kirill Boltaev, Alexander Korshunov, Anatoly Kot, Evgeny Tsyganov

Brest Fortress is a military drama about the life of the last days before the war in the border garrison of the Brest Fortress. The protagonist foresees terrible events and understands what could happen to the garrison and its civilians. And the military, scattered throughout the Brest Fortress, will not be able to withstand the enemy forces. And on Saturday evening, June 21, 1941, all the residents of the garrison gathered in a cinema ...

"Match"

• Movie Release Year: 2012
• Country: Russia, Ukraine
• Starring: Elizabeth Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Ekaterina Klimova, Eduard Bezrodny, Dirk Martens, Alexander Kobzar, Igor Gnezdilov, Sergey Romanovich, Nikita Tezin

“Match” is a dramatic history of the war years. The main character is a famous Kiev football player. When the Nazis attacked the USSR in 1941, he refused armor and volunteered for the front. In the first battles, he was shell-shocked and ended up in a prisoner of war camp near Kiev. A wonderful film about love, sports and heroism. In the camp dungeons, the athlete remains true to his principles and even on the sports field is not ready to yield to the enemy.

"Their"

• Movie Release Year: 2004
• Country Russia
• Cast: Bogdan Stupka, Mikhail Evpanov, Konstantin Khabensky, Fedor Bondarchuk, Natalya Surkova, Sergey Gormash, Anna Mikhalkova

"Own" is a dramatic military action movie. The plot takes place in a village farm not far from Pskov. August 1941 - there is war around, and on the farm their passions of love, betrayal and revenge are raging.Three Soviet soldiers escaped from German captivity and are hiding in the barn at the local headman. A neighbor girl conquered the heart of one of them, but this girl also liked the local policeman. How will this unequal rivalry be solved? What resistance will a policeman meet towards achieving his goal?

"Cranes are Flying"

• Year movie: 1957
• Country: Russia (USSR)
• Cast: Tatyana Samoilova, Svetlana Kharitonova, Alexey Batalov, Konstantin Nikitin, Vasily Merkuryev, Boris Kokovkin, Valentin Zubkov

“Cranes are Flying” is a wonderful military drama that will be interesting to the viewer a hundred years later. The story of a girl who kept the memory of her dead groom. “Cranes are flying” is a film that is rightfully considered a masterpiece of not only Russian, but also world cinema about the war.

"Ballad of a soldier"

• Year movie: 1959
• Country: Russia (USSR)
• Cast: Nikolay Kryuchkov, Antonina Maksimova, Maria Kremneva, Vladimir Ivashov, Evgeny Urbansky, Zhanna Prokhorenko

Ballad of a Soldier is a wonderful military melodrama. At first glance, the plot of the film is simple and simple. The story of a young soldier who received a short vacation and went home. The film "Ballad of a Soldier" is rightfully recognized as one of the best about the war of the Soviet people with fascism.

"For reasons of conscience"

• Movie Release Year: 2016
• Country: Australia, USA
• Cast: Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Nathaniel Buzolic, Fieress Dirani, Hugo Weaving, Andrew Garfield, Luke Bracy

“For reasons of conscience” - a wonderful military drama, which is based on a real story. A young guy from a provincial American town does not accept any violence, but there is war around and all the young people volunteer for the front. Our hero also decides to go to war, but as an orderly. As if the young man did not belong to violence, he had to enter the battlefield in order to save his comrades, as well as save 75 wounded soldiers.

72 hours

• Movie Release Year: 2015
• Country Russia
• Cast: Tatyana Lyutaeva, Irina Rozanova, Mitya Labush, Lisa Arzamasova, Alexey Shevchenkov, Anastasia Korolkova, Alexander Zelsky, Svetlana Kolpakova, Irina Moskovskaya

“72 hours” is a dramatic military story about two young people who were schoolchildren, bosom friends yesterday, loved one girl. But the war radically developed friends. One of them, in order to survive, became a traitor and a murderer. This tragic film will not leave anyone indifferent and penetrates directly into the heart of each viewer.

"Seventeen Moments of Spring"

• Year movie: 1973
• Country: Russia (USSR)
• Cast: Leonid Bronevoy, Evgeny Evstigneev, Vyacheslav Tikhonov Rostislav Plyatt, Olga Soshnikova, Oleg Tabakov, Ekaterina Gradova, Yuri Vizbor, Vasily Lanavoy, Lev Durov, Valentin Gaft, Leonid Kuravlev

“Seventeen Moments of Spring” is a classic of Soviet cinema. The story of the work of a scout working in the rear of the Nazis. Stirlitz - for the Germans the SS Standartenfuhrer, and for the Soviet command - a professional intelligence officer, Colonel Isaev. The cunning and thoughtful operations of the scout have been delighting viewers for decades.

"The fate of man"

• Year movie: 1959
• Country: Russia (USSR)
• Cast: Pasha Boriskin, Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Volkov, Pavel Vinnik, Anatoly Chemodurov, Georgy Shapovalov, Evgeny Teterin, Evgenia Melnikova

"The Fate of Man" is a military biographical drama. Despite the fact that the film was shot in 1959, it has not lost its relevance in the modern world. A wonderful film about war and human qualities and relationships. Patriotism, heroism, humanity, kindness and love are a red thread through the entire film.

A wonderful selection of films about the war will allow the viewer to plunge into that cruel history of our country and make us remember the heroic deed of our people.