Photo credit: the administration of the municipality of Podolsk
The title of the best film at the Ozerov International Military Film Festival went to the Last Frontier movie (Podolsk Cadets is the Russian title) TASS reports. The results of the film forum were summed up in Tula last weekend.
The film was released on November 4. The script was written on the basis of documents that were classified as "secret" for a long time. They were donated to the Podolsk Cadets Charitable Foundation from the Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The idea of making the film was supported by the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu.
The cadets of the artillery and infantry schools of Podolsk in the fall of 1941 were ordered to take up defenses on the Ilyinsky line and hold back the enemy's advance on the capital. More than 2,500 cadets died in bloody battles. They managed to destroy more than 5,000 fascists and disabled about 100 tanks. Vadim Shmelev acted as a director. The roles in the film were played by Evgeny Dyatlov, Sergey Bezrukov and others.
The jury also awarded the film for the best visual effects.
The Chinese Eight Sons was recognized as the best foreign film of the festival. The title of the best director went to Andrey Zaitsev for the Blockade Diary.
The festival started on November 9. The film screening is named after Yuri Ozerov, a screenwriter and director, a famous master of this genre. He shot the legendary epic Liberation, Battle for Moscow, Stalingrad and other films about the Great Patriotic War.
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