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Panfilov's 28 Men (2016)

12+ 11/24/2016 (RU) History, Action, Drama, War 1h 45m

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USSR, November, 1941. Based on the account by Vasiliy Koroteev this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight Red Army soldiers commanded by General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though lightly armed they fight tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.

Andrey Shalopa

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Kim Druzhinin

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Azamat Nigmanov

Musabek Sengirbaev
Alexey Morozov

Vasiliy Klochkov
Yakiv Kucherevskyi

Serzhant Dobrobabin
Oleg Fyodorov

Grigory Shemyakin, foreman
Aleksej Longin

Pavel Gundilovich
Dmitriy Girev

Bondarenko
Amadu Mamadakov

Alikbay Kosaev
Andrey Shalopa

Lieutenant
Pavel Goncharov

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Written by Wuchak on December 22, 2021

Eastern Front drama and action as the Red Army clashes with aggressing Nazi hordes

In mid-November, 1941, the remaining 28 men of a Soviet division protect Moscow from German invaders with vastly superior weaponry on a snowy landscape.

"Panfilov’s 28" (2016) is surprisingly well done on a technical level for a film that only had a budget of $1,700,000 (thru crowd-funding). If you like Eastern Front WW2 films like “Cross of Iron” (1977), "Dear Elza!" (2014) and "T-34" (2018), you’ll probably appreciate it, but IMHO it’s the least of these. At the same time, I have a friend who ranks... read the rest.

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