The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
Directing | Vadim Shmelyov | Director |
Writing | Igor Ugolnikov | Screenplay |
Production | Igor Ugolnikov | Producer |
Art | Konstantin Pakhotin | Production Design |
Writing | Vadim Shmelyov | Screenplay |
Camera | Andrey Gurkin | Director of Photography |
Writing | Evgeny Ayzikovich | Creative Producer |
Production | Bagrat Chelabyan | Executive Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Sergey Struchev | Costume Design |
Production | Pavel Smirnov | Executive Producer |
Writing | Vadim Zadorozhny | Idea |
Sound | Yuriy Poteenko | Original Music Composer |
Production | Leonid Melamud | Executive Producer |
Production | Igor Furmanyuk | Producer |
Writing | Viacheslav Fetisov | Idea |
Production | Vadim Zadorozhny | Producer |
Editing | Ekaterina Govseeva | Editor |
Editing | Mariya Sergeyenkova | Editor |
Directing | Dmitry Galperin | First Assistant Director |
Sound | Ekaterina Skoropad | Sound Editor |
Sound | Anatoly Belozerov | Sound Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Denis Pikalev | 2D Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Andrey Filimonov | 2D Sequence Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Andrey Filimonov | 2D Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Roman Maistrenko | 3D Sequence Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Roman Maistrenko | 3D Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Vsevolod Voroshilov | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Aleksey Asaev | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Aleksey Bocharov | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Vasiliy Bogdanov | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Ilshat Khakimullin | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Ilya Negreskul | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Vasiliy Novchenkov | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Dmitriy Skazka | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Aleksey Hrzhehorzhevskyi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Sergey Shtangel | Visual Effects Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Konstantin Meerov | Visual Effects Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Anna Mitrevich | Visual Effects Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Nikolay Goryaev | Visual Effects Producer |
Visual Effects | Alexey Gusev | Visual Effects Producer |
Editing | Petr Shchepilov | Editorial Services |