
Battle for Moscow
War · History · Drama
Overview
The Battle of Moscow is a 1985 Soviet multi-part war narrative, presenting a dramatized account of the 1941 Battle of Moscow and the events preceding it. The battle was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War.
Top Cast


Yakov Tripolsky
Yakov Tripolsky
Yosif Stalin
Yakov Tripolsky
Yosif Stalin


Mikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Georgiy Zhukov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Georgiy Zhukov


Aleksandr Goloborodko
Aleksandr Goloborodko
Konstantin Rokossovskiy
Aleksandr Goloborodko
Konstantin Rokossovskiy
Vitali Rosstalnoy
Vitali Rosstalnoy
Semyon Timoshenko
Vitali Rosstalnoy
Semyon Timoshenko


Bruno Frejndlikh
Bruno Frejndlikh
Boris Shaposhnikov
Bruno Frejndlikh
Boris Shaposhnikov


Yuriy Yakovlev
Yuriy Yakovlev
Leonid Petrovskiy
Yuriy Yakovlev
Leonid Petrovskiy


Juozas Budraitis
Juozas Budraitis
Richard Sorge
Juozas Budraitis
Richard Sorge


Valeri Yurchenko
Valeri Yurchenko
Nikolay Popel
Valeri Yurchenko
Nikolay Popel


Romualds Ancans
Romualds Ancans
Pyotr Gavrilov
Romualds Ancans
Pyotr Gavrilov


Emmanuil Vitorgan
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Efim Fomin
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Efim Fomin
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