A grandiose military film epic, which does not know analogues in world cinema: the history of the Great Patriotic War from the Battle of the Kursk Bulge to the installation of the Banner of Victory over the Reichstag - "Liberation".
O trabalho mais famoso do diretor de cinema russo Yuri Ozerov é o épico Osvobozhdenie (A Libertação) sobre a WWII, feito em cinco partes e 470 minutos, que foi muito popular em seu país. Cada uma das duas primeiras partes foi visto por 56 milhões de pessoas. Osvobozhdenie (1967-1971), seu maior sucesso, foi notável não só por suas impressionantes cenas de batalha, mas também por sua tentativa de mostrar a guerra pela perspectiva dos soldados russos comuns. 1 O Arco de Fogo 2 O Avanço 3 Rumo ao Golpe Principal (parte 1) 3 Rumo ao Golpe Principal (parte 2) 4 A Batalha por Berlim 5 O Ataque Final
In 1944, SS-Obersturmbannführer Becher arrives in Budapest in order to obtain material for the Waffen-SS. At the same time, he starts to gather private property by offering an insidious choice to the corporation′s Jewish majority shareholder, Dr. Chorin: Either Chorin assigns the company to Becker "on his own free will" – thereby obtaining the permission to travel abroad - or he his family will end up in an extermination camp.
An old ruin serves as the favorite playground for Christine and her friends. It is also the home to a pair of storks that have built their nest there. When the ruin is meant to be demolished, Christine is eager on rescuing the helpless baby storks that are not yet fully fledged.
A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
