Front Without Flanks

A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

(Ivan Petrovich Mlynsky, Major)

Oleg Zhakov

(grandfather Matvey Egorovich)

Galina Polskikh

(Zina, the nurse)

Semyon Morozov

(Seregin, captain)

Yevgeni Shutov

(Ohrim Shmil)

Ivan Pereverzev

(Father Pavel (Pavel Ivanovich Vorobyov))

Vladimir Ivashov

(Afanasyev, captain)

Vladimir Zamanskiy

(Nikolai Sergeevich, commander of a partisan detachment)

Aleksandr Denisov

(Vakulenchuk, midshipman)

Tofig Mirzayev

(Hasan Alievich Aliyev, Commissioner)

Valentin Pechnikov

(Petr Sergeevich Ivanov)

Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev

(Simon Bondarenko)

Svetlana Sukhovey

(Natalia Bondarenko, wife of Semyon, radio operator)

Aleksey Borzunov

(Petrenko, lieutenant)

Pavel Kormunin

(Ignat Osyka)

Lyudmila Polyakova

(Claudia Gerasimovna, chairman of the collective farm)

Anatoliy Solovyov

(Zakhar Petrovich)

Михаил Турченков

(Mishka Turchenkov)

Yura Kasatkin

(Alyosha, grandson of Matvey Egorovich)

Boris Bibikov

(grandfather Misha)

Vera Kuznetsova

(Misha's grandmother)

Aleksandr Lukyanov

(Andrey Lukyanov, sailor)

Nikolay Polishchuk

(Sasha Polishchuk, sailor)

Vladimir Samoylov

(Ermolaev)

Vsevolod Safonov

(Sadovnikov)

Viktor Shulgin

(Victor Sergeevich Khvat)

Konstantin Zheldin

(Kurt Schmidt)

Raisa Kurkina

(Anna Andreevna, wife of Mlynsky)

Vladimir Ferapontov

(soldier with balalaika)

Boris Yurchenko

(Yurchenko, scout)

Mikhail Rozanov

(partisans)

Anvar Boranbaev

(Beisembaev)

Mariya Skvortsova

(Grandma Anastasia)

Elena Volskaya

(Fenya)

Evgeniy Markov

(German von Horne headquarters officer)

Yelizaveta Kuzyurina

(refugee)

Aleksandr Lebedev

(Sokirka, partisan)

Nikolai Yudin

(grandfather)

Feliks Yavorsky

(intelligence chief)

Vladimir Lippart

(wounded soldier)

Nikolay Smorchkov

(partisan sailor)

Viktor Volkov

(tankman)

Hannjo Hasse

(Colonel General von Horn)

Jürgen Frohriep

(Colonel Kempe)

Harry Pietzsch

(Standartenfuhrer Karl Wolf)

Horst Schulze

(general)

Filimon Sergeyev

(episode)

Valeri Anisimov

(офицер штаба)

Nikolay Gorlov

(немецкий офицер (нет в титрах))