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If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...

If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...

1983 1h 20mWarDramaAction

A story about one of the big battles of WWII.

2.8/5

TMDB score· 14 votes

Synopsis

A story about one of the big battles of WWII.

Behind it

Timofei LevchukTimofei LevchukDirectorYevgeni OnopriyenkoYevgeni OnopriyenkoWriterYevhen StankovychYevhen StankovychComposerEduard PluchikCinematography

Cast

Yakov TripolskyYakov TripolskyStalin
Mikhail UlyanovMikhail UlyanovZhukov
Vladimir MenshovVladimir MenshovKonev
Valentin KulikValentin Kulik
Volodymyr TalashkoVolodymyr Talashko
Anatoli VasilyevAnatoli Vasilyev
Valentin GaftValentin Gaft
Algimantas MasiulisAlgimantas Masiulis
Nina VeselovskayaNina VeselovskayaMotria Bayda
Alla ParfanyakAlla Parfanyak
Valeriy Strukovgerman officer

Director

Timofei Levchuk

Writer

Yevgeni Onopriyenko

Release date

31 Oct 1983

Runtime

1h 20m

Studio

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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