Movie: Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Top 7 Billed Cast

Anthony Veiller
Anthony Veiller

Narrator

Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu

Self

Nikolai Cherkasov
Николай Черкасов

Alexander Nevsky

Miklós Horthy
Miklós Horthy

Self

Alfred Jodl
Alfred Jodl

Self

King Boris III
King Boris III

Self

King Michael
King Michael

Self

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    The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

  • Release Date

    1943-11-13

  • Average

    6.8

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    English
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