30 best TV series and films about the Great Patriotic War

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30. Cuckoo

• Russia, 2002.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 5.

In the fall of 1944, retreating Finnish troops chained sniper Veiko to a rock, leaving him to shoot back from Soviet soldiers. He manages to free himself. And soon the case brings Veiko to the Russian captain Ivan, who was accused of denunciation. Both soldiers were sheltered by the Sami woman Anni. And in an amazing way, people who speak different languages manage to understand each other.

29. Die Hard

• USSR, 1968.
• Duration: 78 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 6.

After being wounded, Lieutenant Ivan the Terrible was appointed commander of the female air defense unit. Among his subordinates is the restless Raya Oreshkina. Soon, the couple falls behind enemy lines. But gradually Groznykh realizes that even getting out of enemy territory is easier than getting rid of a girl in love.

28. Major Whirlwind (mini-series)

• USSR, 1967.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 6.

To thwart Hitler's plans to destroy Krakow, a group of Soviet scouts is thrown into enemy territory. Its members only know each other's code names: Whirlwind, Kolya and Anya. But upon landing, they all find themselves apart, and Vortex is soon captured by the Gestapo.

27. Star

• Russia, 2002.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 7.

In the summer of 1944, a group of scouts with the call sign "Zvezda" was sent to the rear of the enemy to find out the amount of equipment available. The team is faced with unequal forces of the fascists and sacrifices a lot to complete the task.

This picture is based on the story of the same name by Emmanuil Kazakevich. And lovers of classic cinema can watch the previous film adaptation of 1949.

26. Penalty battalion

• Russia, 2004.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 7.

Vasily Tverdokhlebov miraculously got out of German captivity. He was immediately interrogated by the NKVD, where he was declared a traitor to his homeland. Tverdokhlebov was appointed commander of one of the penal battalions. They are thrown on the most dangerous missions without fear that all the soldiers will die.

25. In August 44th

• Russia, 2001.
• Duration: 118 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 8.

In the summer of 1944, Belarus was already liberated from the invaders. But a group of spies remained in the rear, which regularly transmits important information to the Nazis. SMERSH officer Pavel Alekhin and his subordinates must uncover the spy network before the military begins a full-scale operation.

24. Brest Fortress

• Russia, Belarus, 2010.
• Duration: 131 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 7, 9.

On June 22, 1941, fascist troops attacked the Brest Fortress. In the midst of the general panic, three main centers of resistance are formed, which hold back the forces of the enemy.

After its release, this film was criticized for historical inaccuracies. But the look at the very beginning of the war through the eyes of ordinary people is shown here very well.

23. Climbing

• USSR, 1976.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

Two Belarusian partisans are trying to get food for their squad, which includes women and children. After injuring one of them, the heroes hide in the village. But they are overtaken by punishers. And not everyone will be able to withstand interrogation and torture.

22. Saboteur

• Russia, 2004.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

In 1942, graduates of the intelligence school entered service in a military unit and soon received their first important assignment. They are sent to the rear of the enemy. But it turns out that one of them is not who he claims to be.

This series consists of only four episodes. Later they released a separate 10-series project “Saboteur. The end of the war”, but with the same heroes.

21. Belorussky railway station

• USSR, 1971.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

Former fellow soldiers parted at the Belorussky railway station in the summer of 1945. Years later, they meet at the funeral of a friend. Each of them has his own life and work, but circumstances again force friends to remember the war years.

20. Zhenya, Zhenya and Katyusha

• USSR, 1967.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

In the past, an awkward intellectual, and now a private soldier Zhenya Kolyshkin at the front, he constantly finds himself in curious situations at the front. He even turns out to be captured by the Germans on New Year's Eve, but he still manages to get out. And then he meets the signalman Zhenya from the Katyusha regiment.

19. Heavenly slug

• USSR, 1945.
• Duration: 83 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

Three friends-pilots are convinced bachelors. They vowed not to fall in love until the end of the war. But the wounded Bulochkin is forced to drive the slow-moving U-2, and spend the rest of the time next to the female pilots of the squadron.

18. Ivan's childhood

• USSR, 1962.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

Andrei Tarkovsky's film shows the war through the eyes of a child. The Nazis shot mother and sister in front of young Ivan. And now he dreams of revenge. A twelve-year-old boy knows the area very well and decides to help the Soviet troops, gaining valuable information about the enemy. And only in dreams does Ivan see what his life could be.

17. Go and see

• USSR, 1985.
• Duration: 136 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 0.

In 1943, a Belarusian teenager Flera gets to the partisans and meets the girl Glasha there. Soon the detachment is attacked by German paratroopers, and the young hero returns to the village. His entire family died, and the Nazis torture the inhabitants. Such cruelty turns the boy into an old man.

16. Option "Omega" (mini-series)

• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 1.

Two years after the appearance of "Seventeen Moments of Spring", another mini-series about the activities of Soviet intelligence officers was released on the screens. This time the plot tells about Sergei Skorin, who, under the name of Paul Krieger, goes to Tallinn occupied by the Nazis. Sergei must infiltrate the Nazi intelligence agencies that seek to misinform the Soviet troops.

15. Chronicle of a dive bomber

• USSR, 1967.
• Duration: 78 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 1.

And during the war, there is a time for friendship, love and funny occasions. The entire crew of the pilot Arkhiptsev goes to the guardhouse. A young gunner-radio operator - for making Chassi liqueur from syrup and antifreeze, and his comrades - for a fight (they stood up for the girl). But soon the entire crew returns to service, because they are given the task: to calculate the location of the enemy airfield.

14. Aty-bats, soldiers were walking …

• USSR, 1977.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 1.

In 1974, Konstantin, who received the rank of lieutenant colonel of tank forces, went to the place of his father's death. In parallel, the story of a platoon of Soviet soldiers who opposed enemy tanks in 1944 is told.

This is the last directorial work and role in the cinema of Leonid Bykov.

13. Shield and sword

• USSR, Poland, East Germany, 1968.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 1.

Soviet intelligence officer Alexander Belov under the name Johann Weiss moves from Riga to Germany. During the years of service in the Abwehr, he moved up the career ladder and gained access to classified information.

12. Alive and dead

• USSR, 1963.
• Duration: 201 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 2.

Correspondent Ivan Sintsov is sent to his unit with the beginning of the war. But due to the general retreat, he ends up at the assembly point, and then becomes a witness to many important events. Through his perception, the entire history of the first months of the Great Patriotic War is conveyed.

11. Ballad of a soldier

• USSR, 1959.
• Duration: 89 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 2.

The young soldier knocked out two enemy tanks in one battle. Instead of the order, he asks the authorities to allow him a trip home to see his mother. But the road to it turns out to be difficult and long.

10. War is like war

• USSR, 1968.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 2.

The junior lieutenant, who has just graduated from college, is appointed commander of the SU-100 self-propelled gun. All his subordinates are older and much more experienced than the leader and at first do not want to obey his orders. But in battle, they will have to quickly rally.

9. Soldier's father

• USSR, 1965.
• Duration: 87 minutes
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 2.

An elderly peasant is on his way to see his son, who is hospitalized. But while he gets to the right place, the soldier is again sent to the front. And then the father signs up as a volunteer and comes to Berlin to see his son after all.

8. Cranes are flying

• USSR, 1957.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 2.

Veronica and Boris are in love with each other and are ready to get married. But the war unceremoniously ruins their plans. Boris goes to the front, and Veronica marries another and goes to work as a nurse.

"The Cranes Are Flying" is the only Soviet feature film to receive the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition, the film became a real hit at the box office in France.

7. The battalions ask for fire (mini-series)

• USSR, 1985.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 3.

1943, Soviet troops cross the Dnieper. Two battalions cross over to the right bank and attack the enemy. The soldiers on the bridgehead are promised help from the entire division. But after the start of the operation, the plans of the command change, and the battalions are left without support.

6. The fate of a person

• USSR, 1959.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 3.

The driver Andrei Sokolov went to war. He survived thanks to his courage and faith in victory. But fate continues to test him for strength. Upon returning home, the hero learns that his entire family has died.

5. They fought for their homeland

• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 160 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 3.

The events of the film unfold during the Battle of Stalingrad - one of the most dramatic stages of the Great Patriotic War. Soviet soldiers are forced to retreat under the onslaught of fascist tanks. But ordinary people and Red Army men overcome the horrors of battles and find the strength to continue the struggle.

4. Officers

• USSR, 1971.
• Duration: 91 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 4.

The young officer Alexei Trofimov met Ivan Varavva in the Central Asian garrison in the early twenties. They say goodbye, go through several wars, but life brings them together again and again. The old friendship lives on. Later they will meet, already being generals.

3. And the dawns here are quiet

• USSR, 1972.
• Duration: 160 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 5.

The picture is based on the story of the same name by Boris Vasiliev. Former intelligence officer Petty Officer Fedot Vaskov is given a group of female anti-aircraft gunners under his command. Soon one of them discovers German saboteurs. The heroines have to enter into an unequal battle with the fascists with practically no chance of victory.

2. Only "old men" go into battle

• USSR, 1973.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 7.

The film by the famous actor and director Leonid Bykov tells about a singing squadron - pilots who assemble a small orchestra in their free time. They are led by Captain Titarenko, nicknamed the Maestro. Under his leadership, inexperienced youths gain experience and turn into seasoned "old men".

1. Seventeen Moments of Spring (mini-series)

• USSR, 1973.
• Duration: 1 season.
• "KinoPoisk": 8, 8.

The legendary series about the Soviet intelligence officer Maxim Isaev, who was introduced to the highest circles of Nazi Germany under the name of SS Standartenführer Stirlitz. Already on the eve of the defeat of the Nazis, he continues to carry out the orders of the center, suppressing the last attempts of the enemy to escape from retaliation.