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Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge

Fiery Arc chronicles a grandiose confrontation on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943, the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Alongside the personal fate of its heroes, the film presents vivid battle sequences and reveals the operations of headquarters and intelligence, while depicting those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Director(s)

Yuri Vyshinsky

Yuri Ozerov

Elena Avakova

Lyubov Busharova

D. Kuznetsov

O. Nikolaev

T. Zueva

Yuli Kun

Cast & Crew

Florin Piersic

Florin Piersic

Skorzeny

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Zhukov

Ivo Garrani

Ivo Garrani

Mussolini

Jan Englert

Jan Englert

Janek

Lev Polyakov

Lev Polyakov

-

Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Lukin

Tõnu Aav

Tõnu Aav

-

Olev Eskola

Olev Eskola

Arthur von Christman

Artyom Karapetyan

Artyom Karapetyan

narrator (voice)

Viktor Shakhov

Viktor Shakhov

Gorokhov

Vladlen Davydov

Vladlen Davydov

Rokossovsky

Yuriy Nazarov

Yuriy Nazarov

-

Yuri Ozerov

Yuri Ozerov

-

Lyubov Busharova

Lyubov Busharova

-

Gerd Michael Henneberg

Gerd Michael Henneberg

Keitel

Vladimir Samoylov

Vladimir Samoylov

Gromov

Hannjo Hasse

Hannjo Hasse

Kluge

Nikolay Eryomenko

Nikolay Eryomenko

-

Vladimir Protasenko

Vladimir Protasenko

Nikolai Vatutin (uncredited)

Dmytro Franko

Dmytro Franko

Rybalko

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Antonov

Valeriy Nosik

Valeriy Nosik

Dorozhkin

Yuriy Dubrovin

Yuriy Dubrovin

-

Viktor Avdyushko

Viktor Avdyushko

Maksimov

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

-

Heino Mandri

Heino Mandri

-

Valentin Grachyov

Valentin Grachyov

-

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Savchuk

Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez

Hitler

Yevgeniy Vlasov

Yevgeniy Vlasov

-

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergey Nikonenko

Sashka

Konstantin Tyrtov

Konstantin Tyrtov

-

Andrei Petrov

Andrei Petrov

-

Nikolay Olyalin

Nikolay Olyalin

Tsvetaev

Larisa Golubkina

Larisa Golubkina

Zoya

Boris Zajdenberg

Boris Zajdenberg

Orlov

Evgeni Burenkov

Evgeni Burenkov

Vasilevsky

Sergei Kharchenko

Sergei Kharchenko

Vatutin

Klyon Protasov

Klyon Protasov

Sergei Shtemenko

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Bukhuti Zakariadze

Stalin

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Roosevelt

Yury Durov

Yury Durov

Churchill

Horst Giese

Horst Giese

Bruno Fermella

Peter Sturm

Peter Sturm

Model

Viktor Baykov

Viktor Baykov

Vyacheslav Molotov

Aleksandr Barushnoy

Aleksandr Barushnoy

-

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Voroshilov

Pyotr Glebov

Pyotr Glebov

Pavel Rotmistrov (uncredited)

Grigory Mikhaylov

Grigory Mikhaylov

Mikhail Malinin

Horst Gill

Horst Gill

Otto Günsche

Werner Dissel

Werner Dissel

Alfred Jodl

Elena Avakova

Elena Avakova

-

D. Kuznetsov

D. Kuznetsov

-

Yuli Kun

Yuli Kun

-

Yuriy Kamorniy

Yuriy Kamorniy

Vasiliev

Igor Ozerov

Igor Ozerov

Leontyev

Hans-Hartmut Krüger

Hans-Hartmut Krüger

General Hans Krebs

Yuri Legkov

Yuri Legkov

Konev

Mykola Rushkovsky

Mykola Rushkovsky

Moskalenko

Konstantin Zabelin

Konstantin Zabelin

Katukov

Siegfried Weiß

Siegfried Weiß

Manstein

Voldemārs Akurāters

Voldemārs Akurāters

-

Valerian Vinogradov

Valerian Vinogradov

-

Yuri Vyshinsky

Yuri Vyshinsky

-

Ioseb Gogichaishvili

Ioseb Gogichaishvili

Yakov Dzhugashvili

V. Dzhakhutashvili

V. Dzhakhutashvili

-

Amiran Dolidze

Amiran Dolidze

-

Yuriy Kireev

Yuriy Kireev

orderly

Mikhail Kokshenov

Mikhail Kokshenov

-

Yuri Leonidov

Yuri Leonidov

-

Yuri Maksimov

Yuri Maksimov

-

Yuri Martynov

Yuri Martynov

Gromov's adjutant

Yuri Pomerantsev

Yuri Pomerantsev

Vlasov

Roman Tkachuk

Roman Tkachuk

-

Roman Khomyatov

Roman Khomyatov

-

V. Weinhofer

V. Weinhofer

-

Hans Ulrich Laufer

Hans Ulrich Laufer

Gustav Schmidt

Peter Marx

Peter Marx

Theodor Busse

Michał Adamczewski

Michał Adamczewski

-

Cezary Julski

Cezary Julski

-

Fred Mahr

Fred Mahr

Sepp Dietrich (uncredited)

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Gen. Telegin (uncredited)

Vadim Avdeenko

Vadim Avdeenko

german soldier (uncredited)

O. Nikolaev

O. Nikolaev

-

T. Zueva

T. Zueva

-

Details

GenresDrama, War
Runtime1h 33 mins
Released on09 May 1970
Languageru
Produced InEast Germany
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Part of the Series

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Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow

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Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault

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Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin

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Liberation - Part  2 : Breakthrough

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