The Turning Point (1945 film)

The Turning Point (Великий перелом)

Directed by	Fridrikh Ermler
Written by	Boris Chirskov
Starring	Mikhail Derzhavin, Sr Pyotr Andriyevsky Yuri Tolubeyev Andrei Abrikosov
Cinematography	Arkadi Koltsaty
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1945
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Turning Point (Russian: Великий перелом, romanized: Velikij perelom) is a 1945 Soviet, Russian-language World War II film directed by Fridrikh Ermler based on a screenplay by Boris Chirskov. The film was one of the earlier Palme d'Or winners of 1946.^[1] It was produced by GOSKINO at Kinostudiya Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio), distributed in the US by Artkino Pictures, and restored in 1967 at Lenfilm Studio. The film's working title was General of the Army (Russian: Генерал армии).

Cast[edit]

Mikhail Derzhavin, Sr as Col. Gen. Muravyev
Petr Andrievsky as Col. Gen. Vinogradov
Yuri Tolubeyev as Lavrov
Andrei Abrikosov as Lt. Gen. Krivenko
Aleksandr Zrazhevsky as Lt. Gen. Panteleev
Nikolay Korn
Mark Bernes as Minutka Driver
Vladimir Marev
Pavel Volkov as Stepan

References[edit]

^ "Festival de Cannes – Awards 1946 : All Awards". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

External links[edit]

The Turning Point at IMDb

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