646f9e108c During WW2 the Russian Army sent a special group named "Zvezda" to fight the Nazis in their backyard. The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven snipers named "Zvezda" is sent for a reconnaissance operation behind the enemy lines in the back of the Nazi Tank Division. Two previous Russian groups never came back. The seven Russians know that they are going to an almost certain Death for the sake of Victory. Just a very good movie about WW II. A true story about a small scout group with radio sign "The Star" (Zvezda) which got a task to find place of German tanks concentration. Two previous groups were lost and nobody knew where and how. The third group is completed by scouts from different fronts. "The Star" goes in both dark of night and obscurity understanding that enemy waits them leaving no chances to return. The movie stays in line with famous US movies like "Private Ryane" and "Thin Red Line". Very good battle scenes and music. This is a story , no, a legend, about a Russian WW2 reconnaisance group sent deep into German lines to gather information about the enemy's movement. Their callousing is ZVEZDA (Star). From there on the movie is a tale of heroism and glory, told in the strange Russian way. If you haven't watched it - do so, you will get a new understanding to the words duty, patriotism and love, never before seen on the big screen.A masterpiece of Russian cinematography and a fine example that a massive, epic movie can be shot outside the narrow boundaries of Hollywood.<br/><br/>The movie has its flaws - it is hard to understand for a person outside the Slav way of thinking, but it gives and insight to not only the war, but its human perspective in the Russian way of life.
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