V avguste 44-go

2001
1h 49m

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Vladislav Galkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Evgeniy Mironov, and Aleksey Petrenko in V avguste 44-go (2001)

The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the ev... Read allThe movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.

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7.3/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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9Zhorzhik-Morzhik

Spy war in the Belarusian forests

"In August of 1944" - the military action movie of Mikhail Ptashuk. The deadly confrontation of the power of mind, courage and spirit of irreconcilable enemies - Russian and German military scouts at the end of World War II in the forests of Belarus. Some of the best roles are Evgeniy Mironov and Vladislav Galkin.

9Joro-3

Brilliant war movie

This is one of the best war movies I have ever seen. Forget Private Ryan, forget G.I. Jane, forget Platoon or Born of 4th of July. These Belarusians have made a brilliant thriller, with perfect cinematography, fine acting and almost perfect editing. And, which is very important, there is no any propaganda here. This is not "Germans-are-so-bad, the-others-so good" kind of movie.

It is simply good entertainment - one of the same kind as "U-571", for example.

kuznetsov-1

Counter opinion

I like war history and like to watch war movies. This one, in my opinion, is nothing more that a very unbelivable story about supermen from special secret police forces which seek an enemy intelligence group in Belorussian forests. The movie is full of historcal and technical mistakes, actors' works except of one are poor, the one is Chief of Food Depot which is absolutely perfect but only about one minute long. All action goes about three houses, two glades and one truck. For me the most puzzle is where the declared something about 40-million US $ budget for the movie was spent?

10joachim_franzen

Great movie.

This movie had everything. Great acting and suspension plus realistic time gallery.

8snakem2000

a group of soviet anti-spy soldiers is tracking down German spies.

what you must consider before commenting on this movie is that it is based on a great book by Vladimir Bogomolov, which is quite long and detailed. As a result, making a movie based on that book has been a very difficult task. I recommend reading the book before watching the movie so as to understand what is going on, because the movie sort of 'dives in'. If you do not feel like reading the book, then at least spend half an hour reading about Belarus in 1944 and the Smersh, which translates from Russian as 'Death to Spies'. I you have no idea what the front was like in 1944 and have not read the book, you could be somewhat disappointed with the movie.