In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

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Film Cast:

• Nikolay Ivushkin: Alexander Petrov
• Vasilenok: Victor Dobronravov
• Anya Yartseva: Irina Starshenbaum
• Klaus Jäger: Vinzenz Kiefer
• Lykov: Petr Skvortsov
• Vasiliy Teterya: Semyon Treskunov
• Korin: Artyom Bystrov
• …: Michael Janibekyan
• Demyan Volchok: Anton Bogdanov
• …: Yuliya Dzhulai
• …: Darya Hramtsova
• …: Vasiliy Uriyevskiy
• Korin’s Orderly: Vasiliy Butkevich
• Machine-Gunner Makeev: Yaroslav Shtefan
• German Soldier: Kirill Lopatkin
• Daughter of the Mistress: Polina Volkova
• Hein: Wolfgang Cerny
• Ionov: Yuriy Borisov
• Lapikov: Igor Khripunov
• Pilot: Paul Orlyanskiy
• Kobzarenko: Artur Sopelnik
• Vasechkin: Danila Rassomakhin
• Gabuliya: Guram Bablishvili
• Thielicke: Joshua Grothe
• Grimm: Dirc Simpson
• Guderian: Mike Davies
• Ivushkin’s Mother: Elena Drobysheva
• Nikolai (voice): Brian Flaccus
• …: Mikael Dzhanibekyan
• Weiss: Christoph Glaubacker
• Hein / Gimmler / Oberkap / Voice on radio (voice): Philip Hersh
• The Sapper: Vladislav Manin
• Heinrich Himmler: Robinson Reichel
• Chief of Staff: Anton Shurtsov
• German Soldier: Nikola Todorović
• Radio Operator: Danil Tyabin
• Schlozer: Christoph Urban
• Telephonist: Alexey Ushakov

Film Crew:

• Screenplay: Alexey Sidorov
• Producer: Ruben Dishdishyan
• Producer: Len Blavatnik
• Costume Design: Ulyana Polyanskaya
• Creative Producer: Nikolay Larionov
• Producer: Nelly Yaralova
• Second Unit Director: Dmitry Korabelnikov
• Producer: Anton Zlatopolskiy
• Producer: Yuliya Ivanova
• Production Design: Konstantin Pakhotin
• Director of Photography: Mikhail Milashin
• Digital Compositor: Nikita Lopatnikov
• Digital Compositor: Vladyslav Driuchyn
• Sound: Ivo Heger
• Producer: Nikita Mikhalkov
• Producer: Leonid Vereshchagin
• Sound Director: Alexey Samodelko
• Music: Ivan Burlyaev
• Music: Dmitriy Noskov
• Music: Vadim Maevsky
• Music: Alexandr Turkunov
• Makeup Artist: Irina Lyashko
• Stunt Coordinator: Aleksandr Samokhvalov
• VFX Supervisor: Alexey Gusev
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Sergey Shtangel
• Casting Director: Yuliya Marina
• Assistant Director: Maxim Malinin
• Assistant Director: Dmitry Galperin
• Steadicam Operator: Igor Votintsev
• Steadicam Operator: Anatoly Simchenko
• Additional Director of Photography: Andrey Krauzov
• Casting Director: Soňa Ticháčková
• Visual Effects Producer: Garry Simonyan

Movie Reviews:

• Wuchak: _**Eastern Front tank action, drama, risk and survival**_
• In late 1941 a Red Army tank crew defends Moscow, but is captured. At a POW camp in summer, 1944, they are given a T-34 fresh from the battlefield to be used to train German soldiers in maneuvers where a daring plan of escape is hatched and implemented. Alexander Petrov plays the tank commander, Vinzenz Kiefer the Nazi Colonel and Irina Starshenbaum an interpreter.
• “T-34” (2018) is a well done Russian WW2 flick that naturally focuses on the Eastern Front. It’s thankfully not one-dimensional: The opening act features a tank battle at a village in the winter whereas the second act switches to a German POW camp in the warmer months, which paves the way for the adventurous escape and showdown. The creators didn’t fail to include human interest to hook the viewer. Sure, some unlikely elements are thrown in for dramatic purposes (like the Colonel recognizing the tank commander at the camp), so what else is new?
• Anyone who likes WW2 flicks like “Fury” (2014), “Cross of Iron” (1977), “Dear Elza!” (2014), “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) and “Warsaw ’44” (2014) should appreciate this one.
• There are three versions of the film: 1 hr 53 min, 2 hr 19 min and 3 hr (I saw the short rendition). It was shot at Kaluga Region, Russia (Strelkovka Village), and the Czech Republic. English subtitles are supplied.
• GRADE: B+/A-