The Star
2002 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 6.1 · 65% critics
During World War II, a small Soviet reconnaissance team is sent behind enemy lines to track a looming armored offensive. Cut off and facing overwhelming danger, the group must rely on stealth, nerve, and teamwork to bring back information that could change the course of the battle.
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Details
- Original title
- Звезда
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-05-06
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (42 votes)
About
If you like war dramas such as 9th Company or Battle for Sevastopol, this offers a grim, suspenseful mission with a personal focus on fear and duty; Not for you if you want fast action or a triumphant tone.
Pros: tense wartime mission; youthful camaraderie; human vulnerability | Cons: familiar setup; lightly propagandist tone; uneven pacing
Themes
- soviet union
- soviet military
Cast & crew
Igor Petrenko
as Travkin
Artyom Semakin
as Vorobei
Aleksey Panin
as Mamochkin
Aleksei Kravchenko
as Anikanov
Anatoliy Gushchin
as Bykov
Amadu Mamadakov
as Temdekov
- YL
Yuri Laguta
as Brazhnikov
Yekaterina Vulichenko
as Katya
Andrey Egorov
as Barashkin
Sergey Miller
as first prisoner
Directed by Nikolay Lebedev