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Sokolovo (film)

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Sokolovo
Russian film poster
Directed byOtakar Vávra
Written byOtakar Vávra
Miloslav Fábera
Nikolai Figurovsky
StarringLadislav Chudík
Yury Solomin
Martin Štěpánek
Lev Ivanov
Jiří Pleskot
Hannjo Hasse
Vladimír Ráž
CinematographyAndrej Barla
Edited byAntonín Zelenka
Music byZdeněk Liška
Production
company
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesCzechoslovakia
USSR
LanguagesCzech, Russian
Budget28 Million KČs[1]

Sokolovo (Russian title Соколово) is a 1974 Soviet–Czechoslovak war film made by Otakar Vávra depicting the Battle of Sokolovo in 1943. The film was published in two parts and was meant as the middle part of Vávra's "war trilogy" consisting of movies Days of Betrayal, Sokolovo and Liberation of Prague.[2]

Plot

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The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Sokolovo – Revue". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Соколово". VokrugTV.
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