The Star

The Second World War in Russia. The year 1944. The “Star” is a radio call sign for a group of war scouts who went on an assignment behind the German front line. Having found the location of German tank concentration, they report to the headquarters, at the cost of their lives, about the impending attack.
Intense and dramatic, the film makes one realize who had won in that war, and at what price.

The movie’s superb directing, stunning cinematography and poignant, sensuous music immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of war, when just one erroneous step may lead to fatal consequences.

Based on the story by Emmanuil Kazakevich.

Awards: State Prize of the Russian Federation, 2002 / National “Blockbuster” Award for Best Film in the category of video sales and video distribution / NIKA Awards for Best Music, Best Sound and Discovery of the Year (actor I. Petrenko), 2002 / Participant of the official competition program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czechia), 2002 / Grand-Prix at the Russian Film Festivals in Honfleur and Nice (France), “KinoRurik” (Sweden), 2002

Special features: interviews with general producer and author of project idea K. Shakhnazarov and director N. Lebedev; deleted scenes; filmographies; photo album

Title: THE STAR
Collection: War
Studio: Mosfilm
Year of release: 2002
Genre: War drama
Director: Nikolai Lebedev
Producer: Karen Shakhnazarov, Alexander Litvinov
Script: Yevgeny Grigoriev, Nikolai Lebedev, Alexander Borodyansky
Camera: Yuri Nevsky
Music by: Alexei Rybnikov
Cast: Alexei Kravchenko, Amadu Mamadakov, Anatoly Gushchin, Artyom Samokin, Igor Petrenko, Alexei Panin, Yuri Laguta
Running time: 93

Color Format System Sound Subtitles Zone
Colored 16:9 NTSC PAL Stereo:Russian, DD 5.1:Russian Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, German