Liberation: The Fire Bulge/ Освобождение: Огненная Дуга Release date: 1968-05-07 Genres: Drama, War Actors: Hannjo Hasse, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Ivo Garrani, Georgi Burkov, Jan Englert, Florin Piersic, Vsevolod Sanayev, Sergey Nikonenko, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Viktor Avdyushko, Mikhail Ulyanov, Valeriy Nosik, Vladimir Samoylov, Yuri Kamornyj, Gerd Michael Henneberg, Nikolay Eryomenko, Vladlen Davydov, Pyotr Glebov, Yuriy Dubrovin, Pyotr Shcherbakov, Boris Zajdenberg, Roman Khomyatov, Artyom Karapetyan, Werner Dissel, Nikolay Olyalin, Horst Gill, Cezary Julski, Tõnu Aav, Evgeni Burenkov, Dmytro Franko, Nikolai Bogolyubov, Olev Eskola, Horst Giese, Larisa Golubkina, Yuriy Kireev, Grigory Mikhaylov, Stanisław Jaśkiewicz, Fritz Diez, Bukhuti Zakariadze, Viktor Baykov, Valerian Vinogradov, Vladimir Protasenko, Voldemārs Akurāters, Peter Marx, Siegfried Weiß, Aleksandr Barushnoy, Konstantin Zabelin, Peter Sturm, Yury Martynov, Heino Mandri, Klyon Protasov, Valentin Grachyov, Ioseb Gogichaishvili, Hans-Hartmut Krüger, Yuri Leonidov, Igor Ozerov, Sergei Kharchenko, Hans Ulrich Laufer, Yuri Pomerantsev, Fred Mahr, Viktor Shakhov, Mykola Rushkovsky, Yury Durov Direction: Yuri Vyshinsky Runtime: 1 h. 33 min. Score: 7.4/10 Votes: 26 Countries: East Germany, Italy, Poland, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia Companies: DDL Cinematografica, Avala Film, Mosfilm, DEFA, Zespół Filmowy "Start" Overview: The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
