The Star is a 2002 Russian film directed by Nikolai Lebedev, a large modern project of Mosfilm

Mosfilm

Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...

. It is based on a short story of the same name by Emmanuil Kazakevich

Emmanuil Kazakevich

Emmanuil Genrikhovich Kazakevich was a Soviet author, poet and playwright of Jewish extraction, writing in Russian and Yiddish.-Early life:...

, about a group of Soviet scouts working behind enemy lines during Operation Bagration in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

.

Aleksei Kravchenko

Aleksei Kravchenko

Aleksei Yevgenyevich Kravchenko is an actor perhaps best known for his role in the 1985 film Come and See as a young boy in the resistance army. He was 14 when filming started. He applied to the Shchukin Theatre School in 1991 and graduated in 1995...

won a government award for his role in this film.

Plot

A team of Soviet scouts is sent behind enemy lines to find the location of the German armor forces. The Soviets wait until night, and open up with an artillery barrage. As the guns fire, the team advances. The team successfully slips behind enemy lines. Many dramatic scenes follow. In one, a German soldier is captured and interrogated. In another, the team calls an airstrike on German positions, causing great damage and casualties. One man even kills a German soldier with his pistol during the air attack. This tract of scenes finds the main characters successfully finding the location of the German armor. They are eventually cornered in a barn, with Germans attacking on all sides. During the battle, the team leader sends a radio message, telling the location of enemy armor. The team is eventually overrun and wiped out.

External links

• The Star on the Russian Kino-Teatr website Retrieved 2011-11-04
• The Star on Stagevu with English subtitles Retrieved 2011-11-04