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The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.

Top Cast

  • Tikhon Zhiznevsky

    Tikhon Zhiznevsky

    Ivan Mayskiy

  • Darya Zhovner

    Darya Zhovner

    Juna

  • Anton Momot

    Anton Momot

    Lev Alperin

  • Andrey Merzlikin

    Andrey Merzlikin

    Ilya Kopalin

  • Nikita Tarasov

    Nikita Tarasov

    Varlamov

  • Vasiliy Mishchenko

    Vasiliy Mishchenko

    studio manager

  • Mikhail Brashinsky

    Mikhail Brashinsky

    Lev's father

  • Sergey Puskepalis

    Sergey Puskepalis

  • Aleksey Kolgan

    Aleksey Kolgan

    Joseph Stalin

Overview

The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.

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