The Star (1949 film)

The Star
The Star
Directed by	Aleksandr Ivanov
Written by	Pavel Furmanskiy ; Emmanuil Kazakevich
Produced by	Pavel Armand ; Iosif Gindin ; Aleksandr Ivanov
Starring	Anatoly Verbitsky; Alexey Pokrovsky; Oleg Zhakov
Cinematography	Sergei Ivanov ; Vladimir Rapoport
Music by	Venedikt Pushkov
Production; company	Lenfilm
Release date	21 September 1953;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Star (Russian: Звезда, romanized: Zvezda) is a 1949 Soviet war drama film directed by Aleksandr Ivanov and starring Anatoly Verbitsky, Alexey Pokrovsky and Oleg Zhakov. The film was completed in 1949, but was not released for four years.^[1] It portrays a group of Soviet soldiers who are cut off and surrounded by German troops during the Second World War.

The film was remade in 2002.

Plot

The command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent to the enemy rear to clarify the data do not return. A new group of seven scouts under the code name The Star led by Lieutenant Travkin are sent. When returning after completing the task the group suddenly is faced with the German detachment. Lieutenant Travkin sends one of the scouts with a report, afterwards he and his comrades enter into a mortal battle with the enemy.