Front Beyond the Front Line

Front Beyond the Front Line (Russian: Фронт за линией фронта, romanizedFront za liniey fronta) is a 1977 Soviet war film directed by Igor Gostev.[1][2][3]

Front Beyond the Front Line
Russian: Фронт за линией фронта
Directed byIgor Gostev
Written by
Starring
CinematographyAleksandr Kharitonov
Music byVenyamin Basner
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The film is the second part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union during WWII. The first part is Front Without Flanks (1975). The third part is Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981). All three screenplays were written by KGB Officer Semyon Tsvigun.

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


Plot

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Winter, 1943-1944. The war is stretching into its third year. Major Mlynsky, the commander of a partisan group is promoted to Lt. Colonel. Meanwhile the Germans are working on a super weapon and have created a fake partisan detachment. Inevitably the two detachments clash.[4]

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