TOP 10 films about scouts and military intelligence
Scouts always perform difficult, and sometimes seemingly impossible tasks. The superiority of the enemy army is not scary for these heroes. Skillful acts of saboteurs more than once saved thousands of lives. The plot of films about scouts is often unpredictable, as is the outcome of their difficult tasks. The best films were made about these heroes. One of them will definitely appeal to you.
“Oginsky Polonaise”, 1971
- Year: 1971
- Genre: Drama, Military
- Country: USSR
- Cast: Ilya Zukker Gennady Yukhtin Olev Escola Gennady Garbuk Pavel Kormunin Galina Makarova Leonid Kryuk Felix Einas Boris Tikhonov Peter Pavlovsky
The events of the film take place in Western Belarus. Boy Vasya falls into the partisan detachment. Earlier, in search of food, he wandered around the villages. In the first combat mission, the boy had a distracting role. Need to blow up the bridge. To do this, Vasya plays the violin in front of them, and partisans undetected creep up to the bridge piers and mine them. After which the small partisan quietly leaves. The operation is completed - the train with the equipment passing over the bridge ended up in the river. The second task was more difficult. Vasya together with Maxim needs to fix the detonator under the fuel tank. To do this, they need to go to the station under the guise of cripples. But the Nazis do not let anyone in there. An ingenious boy decides how to get into the squads at the last moment.
"In August of the 44th," 2001
- Year: 2001
- Genre: Action, Military, Detectives, Drama, Thriller
- Country: Russia, Belarus
- Cast: Evgeny Mironov, Vladislav Galkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Beata Tyshkevich, Alexey Petrenko, Alexander Feklistov, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Alexander Baluev, Yaroslav Boyko, Andrzej Pechinsky
Captain Alekhine leads the counterintelligence team. The operation is called "Neman." A group of scouts constantly goes on the air in Belarus. They transmit to the fascists valuable information about the location of Soviet troops. The task of scouts is to find spies. In this area there are many anti-Soviet elements and fascist shortcomings. This greatly complicates the work. Resourcefulness, fearlessness and professional actions helped the scouts fulfill this important task.
The Star, 2002
- Year: 2002
- Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Military, Historical
- Country Russia
- Cast: Igor Petrenko, Alexey Panin, Artem Semakin, Alexey Kravchenko, Anatoly Gushchin, Amadu Mamadakov, Yuri Laguta, Ekaterina Vulichenko, Andrey Egorov, Sergey Miller
The director, together with the actors, created a film that immediately captured the attention of the audience.
1944 year. Almost a year remains before the end of the war. The offensive of the Soviet troops constantly requires fresh information from scouts. And now a group of scouts has been thrown behind the Germans. The fate of the whole front depends on the fulfillment of the task assigned to them. The call sign of the group is called "Star". The final of the film became the most emotional and strongest scene of the picture.
"Parachutes on the trees", 1973
- Year: 1973
- Genre: Military, Historical
- Country: USSR
- Cast: Vladimir Smirnov, Alexander Yanvarev, Nikolay Fedortsov, Lyudmila Bezuglaya, Elena Stavrogina, Anatoly Charnotsky, Anatoly Barchuk, Vladimir Rogovtsov, Alexander Kuzmin, Nikolay Kryukov, Nikolay Brilling, Sergey Polezhaev, Igor Yasulovich, Alexandra Klimova, Valentin Ivanov (V) , Peter Sobolevsky, Tamara Timofeeva, Galina Chiginskaya, Natasha Kosyreva, Ivan Lisov, Napoleon Ridevsky, Ivan Tselikov, Gennady Yushkevich
A reconnaissance group of ten people was abandoned behind enemy lines. In East Prussia, they must overcome the fortified areas.There is no one to rely on, only on oneself, because around enemy territory. Around only enemies and you can not knock on the first house that comes across and ask to spend the night. But even in such an environment, saboteurs find like-minded people - people who hate fascism, German communists, anti-fascists. Thanks to the work done, the information obtained, a lot of lives were saved during the Soviet offensive.
The Secret Weapon, 2006
- Year: 2006
- Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Military
- Country Russia
- Cast: Kirill Pletnev Ivan Mokhovikov Vadim Andreev Mikhail Prismotrov Sergey Zharkov Yan Tsapnik Zakhar Ronzhin Oleg Valkman Lisa Arzamasova Alexander Siguev
Anything happens in a war. A deadly trap can be even the simplest task that commissions command. Just in such a situation, an intelligence platoon commanded by Lieutenant Besfamilny. They were given the task of reaching the secret bunker of the Nazis and collecting as much information as possible. The group managed to cross the front line simply. And then, by coincidence, everything went wrong as planned. Despite all the difficulties, the platoon returned to the unit completely exhausted, and much later than the deadline. And the worst news is the intelligence officer Fedotov died.
Intelligence, 2014
- Year: 2014
- Genre: Action, Fiction
- Country: USA
- Cast: Josh Holloway, Megan Ori, Marg Helgenberger, Michael Radi, James Martinez, Lance Reddick, Ronnie Jean Blevins, John Costry
This is a film about the activities of the Cyber Command Agency. This top-secret organization is engaged in US intelligence and defense. The most advanced computer technologies and modern technical tools help in their activities.
The Zvezdny project is currently a priority area for a secret agency. Everyone has always tried to give human properties to artificial intelligence. And this organization went a different way - it wants to give a person the properties of a machine. Gabriel Hayes became the first human computer. The former military man has increased working capacity, endurance, and is fluent in military skills.
The Most Dangerous Man, 2014
- Year: 2014
- Genre: Thriller
- Country: United Kingdom, USA, Germany
- Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Grigory Dobrygin, Nina Hoss, Robin Wright, Rainer Bock, Homayun Ershadi, Mehdi Dehby, Daniel Bruhl
Fear is the first note of the outbreak of war. And trust can end in betrayal. The head of the secret intelligence unit must complete the task - to track down Issa Karpov, who is a dangerous international fugitive. At the moment, it is known that a girl lawyer is hiding him because of sympathy for him. Intelligence from other countries is also embarking on this pursuit, which results in a great espionage game. In such a situation, anyone can be an enemy intelligence agent. Human feelings often endangered national security.
The Apostle, 2008
- Year: 2008
- Genre: Military, Action, Historical
- Country Russia
- Cast: Evgeny Mironov, Nikolai Fomenko, Daria Moroz, Andrey Smirnov, Andrey Gusev, Yuri Nazarov, Alexander Novin, Alexei Komashko, Sergey Bystritsky, Mikhail Fedorovsky
The Germans at the very beginning of the war sent their saboteur to the Soviet Union. But he is captured by the NKVD. A saboteur dies while trying to escape. But everyone understands that many participants are involved in this enemy operation. In order to track down the remaining enemy participants, the NKVD turns to a rural teacher, Pavel, the twin brother of the deceased fascist saboteur. Paul gets the nickname "Apostle", takes accelerated intelligence courses, and takes the place of the late German intelligence officer.
"Special Forces", 1987
- Year: 1987
- Genre: Adventure, Historical
- Country: USSR
- Cast: Alexander Mikhailov, Yuri Grebenshchikov, Yuri Kuznetsov, Yuri Zhuk, Mikhail Zhigalov, Igor Komarov, Mirdza Martinsone, Boris Klyuyev, Romualds Antsans, Natalya Mikheeva, Uldis Lielidzh, Vladimir Andreev (III), Miroslav Makoviychuk, Oleg Korchikov Valenti Golubnikov, Valentin Korchikov, , Vladimir Alekseenko, Alexander Danilchenko, Vladimir Gabayev, Victor Pomortsev
Colonel Dmitry Medvedev is preparing his partisan detachment for the transfer to the area of the city of Rivne. Nikolai Kuznetsov - a talented and experienced scout must fly with everyone. Since the detachment is rather big, it was decided that it should be abandoned in three stages. The first group died due to improper landing. Kuznetsov at the initial stage under the guise of a German officer should appear in Rivne and become "his" among the Germans.
Seventeen Moments of Spring, 1973
- Year: 1973
- Genre: Drama, Adventure, Military, Historical
- Country: USSR
- Cast: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Leonid Bronevoy, Ekaterina Gradova, Rostislav Plyatt, Oleg Tabakov, Evgeny Evstigneev, Otto Melis, Leonid Kuravlev, Konstantin Zheldin, Mikhail Zharkovsky
This film is considered the leader among films about scouts. The heroes of the series “Seventeen Moments of Spring” are sometimes lucky, although it cannot be said that they are caressed by fate.
1945 - the end of the war. Soviet troops approaching Berlin. Maxim Isaev, who now has a middle name - Stirlitz, was sent as a scout to Berlin. Its task is the organization of sabotage operations. They must disrupt the negotiations of Western representatives of capitalism and dignitaries of Nazi Germany.
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