''Front Without Flanks'' (russian: Фронт без флангов, Front bez flangov) is a 1975

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directed by Igor Gostev. The film is the first part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the

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occupation of the Soviet Union during

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. The second part is

Front Beyond the Front Line ''Front Beyond the Front Line'' (russian: Фронт за линией фронта, Front za liniey fronta) is a 1977 Soviet war film directed by Igor Gostev. The film is the second part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resist ...

(1977). The third part is Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981). All three screenplays were written by

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Officer

Semyon Tsvigun Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun ( ukr, Семен Кузьмич Цвігун; russian: Семён Кузьмич Цвигун; 28 September 1917 – 19 January 1982) was an officer of the Soviet security police (KGB) whose sudden and unexplained death her ...

. Vyacheslav Tikhonov starred as Soviet Army Officer Mlynsky, the commander of the partisan group in all three films.

Plot

The film takes place in August, 1941. The Red Army is moving east. Major Mlynsky leads a detachment that begins to fight the invaders in the rear lines.

Cast

* Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Ivan Mlynskiy *

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...

as Matvey Yegorovich * Aleksandr Denisov as Vakulenchuk * Tofik Mirzoyev as Gasan Aliyev * Semyon Morozov as Seryogin * Galina Polskikh as Zina * Aleksey Borzunov as leytenant Petrenko *

Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Переве́рзев; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). Filmography * '' The Convey ...

as Pavel *

Yevgeny Shutov Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

* Vladimir Ivashov as AfanasyevФронт без флангов (1975) Full Cast & Crew
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References

External links

* 1975 films 1975 war films Soviet war films 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet World War II films {{WWII-film-stub