Battle of Moscow (film)

Battle of Moscow
A poster of the film.
Directed by	Yuri Ozerov
Screenplay by	Yuri Ozerov
Produced by	Anatoly Raskazov
Starring	Mikhail Ulyanov
Narrated by	Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Cinematography	Igor Chernykh, Vladimir Gusev
Edited by	Svetlana Metelitsa
Music by	Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Production companies	Mosfilm DEFA-Babelsberg Barrandov Studios Fafim
Release date	1 November 1985 (1985-11-01)
Running time	358 minutes (combined) Film I(1): 91 minutes Film I(2): 88 minutes Film II(1): 90 minutes Film II(2): 89 minutes
Countries	Soviet Union East Germany Czechoslovakia Vietnam
Languages	Russian, German.

The Battle of Moscow (Russian: Битва за Москву, Bitva za Moskvu) is a 1985 Soviet two-part war film, presenting a dramatized account of the Battle of Moscow during the Second World War, and the events preceding it. The two films were a Soviet–East German–Czechoslovak–Vietnamese co-production, directed and written by Yuri Ozerov.^[1] It was made in time for the 40th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of the Victory Day holiday and Moscow's declaration as a Hero City.