The top 20 TV series and films about the Great Patriotic War

1. Seventeen Moments of Spring (mini-series)

• USSR, 1973.
• Length: 1 season.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.8.

The legendary series about a Soviet spy Maxim Isayev, embedded in the higher circles of Nazi Germany under the name standartenfuehrer SS Stirlitz. On the eve of the defeat of the Nazis, he continues to carry out the orders center, stopping the last attempts of the enemy to escape from punishment.

2. Go to fight some "old"

• USSR, 1973.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.7.

The film is the famous actor and director Leonid Bykov tells about singing Squadron - pilots, who in his spare time, collect a small orchestra. Directs Captain Titarenko by Maestro nickname. Under his leadership the inexperienced youngsters gain experience and become hardened "old men."

3. Dawns Here Are Quiet

• USSR, 1972.
• Duration: 160 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.4.

Picture founded on the eponymous novel by Boris Vasilyev. A former intelligence sergeant Fedot Vaskovo give subordinate group of anti-aircraft gunner girls. Soon one of them discovers German saboteurs. Heroines have to enter into an unequal battle with the Nazis with little or no chance of winning.

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4. officers

• USSR, 1971.
• Duration: 91 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.4.

The young officer Alexei Trofimov and Ivan met Barabbas in the Central Garrison in the early twenties. They are forgiven, go through several wars, but life brings them together again and again. old friendship He continues to live. Later, they meet, already being the generals.

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5. They Fought for Their Country

• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 160 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.3.

The story unfolds during the Battle of Stalingrad - one of the most dramatic phases Great Patriotic War. Soviet soldiers were forced to retreat under the onslaught of enemy tanks. But ordinary people and soldiers prevail against the horrors of the battles and find the strength to keep fighting.

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6. The destiny of man

• USSR, 1959.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.3.

Andrei Sokolov, the driver went to war. He survived thanks to their courage and faith in victory. But fate continues to be its strength. Upon returning home, the hero discovers that his entire family was killed.

7. The battalions are asked to fire (mini-series)

• USSR, 1985.
• Length: 1 season.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.3.

1943, Soviet troops stepping up the Dnieper. Two battalions are forwarded to the right bank and attack the enemy. Fighters on the bridgehead promised to help the entire division. But after the operation command plans change, and battalions are left without support.

8. Cranes are Flying

• USSR, 1957.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.2.

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

"The Cranes Are Flying" - the only Soviet feature film, won the Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival. In addition, the film has become a real hit in France rolled.

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9. soldier's father

• USSR, 1965.
• Duration: 87 min.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.2.

An elderly farmer was going to see his son, who was in the hospital. But as long as he gets to the right place, the soldiers sent to the front again. And then the father is recorded as a volunteer and comes to Berlin to still see her son.

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10. Ballad of a Soldier

• USSR, 1959.
• Duration: 89 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.2.

Young fighter knocked out in a fight just two enemy tanks. Instead, the order he requested the authorities to allow him to travel home to see his mother. But the road to it is long and difficult.

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11. In war as in war

• USSR, 1968.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.2.

Second lieutenant, just graduated from college, was appointed commander of the SU-100 self-propelled guns. His subordinates are older and much more experienced manager and initially did not want to obey his orders. But in battle they will have to come together quickly.

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12. Variant "Omega" (mini-series)

• USSR, 1975.
• Length: 1 season.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.1.

Two years after the appearance of "Seventeen Moments of Spring" on the screens released another mini-series about the activities of Soviet intelligence. This time, the story tells of Sergei Skorina, who under the name of Paul Krieger sent to the Nazis occupied Tallinn. Sergey has to infiltrate the intelligence agencies of fascists who seek to mislead the Soviet troops.

13. Chronicle of a dive bomber

• USSR, 1967.
• Duration: 78 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.1.

And during the war, is the time for friendship, love and amusing cases. Crew pilot Arkhiptseva in full goes to the brig. The young gunner-radio operator - for the manufacture of liqueur "Chassis" of the syrup and antifreeze, and his comrades - for a fight (they stood up for the girl). But soon the whole crew back in operation, because they're given the task: to calculate the location of an enemy airfield.

14. Ata-Two, Soldiers were going ...

• USSR, 1976.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.1.

In 1974, Constantine, who received the rank of lieutenant colonel of tank troops, sent to the place of his father's death. In parallel, it tells the story of a platoon of Soviet soldiers opposing the enemy tanks in 1944.

This is the last director's work and role in the film by Leonid Bykov.

15. Belorussky Train Station

• USSR, 1971.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.0.

Former fellow soldiers parted at the Belarus railway station in the summer of 1945. Years later, they meet at a comrade's funeral. Each of them has its own life and work, but the circumstances again make friends remember the war years.

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16. Zhenya, Zhenya and "Katyusha"

• USSR, 1967.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.0.

In the past, awkward intellectualAnd now a Guard soldier Jack Kolishkin constantly gets on the front in a curious situation. It even turns out to be a prisoner of the Germans in the New Year's night, but he manages to escape and then. And then he meets a courier Genia of the Regiment "Katyusha".

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17. Heavenly slug

• USSR, 1945.
• Duration: 83 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.0.

Three friends-pilots - staunch bachelors. They have vowed not to fall in love until the end of the war. But the wounded Bulochkin forced to drive a low-speed U-2, and the rest of the time to spend near lotchitsami female squadron.

18. Ivan's childhood

• USSR, 1962.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 8.0.

Movie Andrei Tarkovsky shows war through the eyes of a child. The Nazis shot his mother and sister in the eyes of the young Ivan. And now he wants revenge. Twelve year old boy knows the area and decides to help the Soviet troops, obtaining valuable information about the enemy. And only in dreams boy sees what could be his life.

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19. Toughie

• USSR, 1968.
• Duration: 78 minutes.
• "Kinopoisk": 7.7.

After being wounded, Lieutenant Ivan the Terrible appointed commander of the women's air defenses. Among his subordinates restless Paradise Oreshkin. Soon the pair falls into the enemy's rear. Terrible but gradually realizes that even escape from the enemy territory easier than to get rid of the girl in love.

20. Major Whirlwind (mini-series)

• USSR, 1967.
• Length: 1 season.
• "Kinopoisk": 7.6.

To thwart Hitler's destruction of Krakow, into enemy territory pelted a group of Soviet spies. Its members know only the code names of each other: Vortex, Kolya and Anya. But when disembarking they are apart, and Eddy soon captures the Gestapo.