Front Without Flanks

{{Infobox film | name = Front Without Flanks | native_name = {{langx|ru|Фронт без флангов}} | image = Front Without Flanks Russian poster.jpg | caption = Russian poster | director = Igor Gostev | producer = | writer = {{Plainlist| * Semyon Dneprov * Semyon Tsvigun }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Vyacheslav Tikhonov * Oleg Zhakov * Aleksandr Denisov * Tofik Mirzoyev * Semyon Morozov }} | music = Venyamin Basner | cinematography = {{ill|Aleksandr Kharitonov (cinematographer)|lt=Aleksandr Kharitonov|ru|Харитонов, Александр Васильевич (кинооператор)}} | editing = {{Plainlist| * L. Nisunova * V. Yankovskiy }} | released = {{Film date|1975}} | studio= | runtime = | country = Soviet Union | language = Russian | budget = }} '''''Front Without Flanks''''' ({{langx|ru|Фронт без флангов|Front bez flangov}}) is a 1975 Soviet World War II film directed by Igor Gostev.<ref>[https://echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/2541847-echo/ Волшебная гора: О книгах про кино и о том, куда движется мировой кинематограф]</ref><ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3002067 Поединок]</ref><ref>[https://ria.ru/20091204/197059939.html Жизненный путь Вячеслава Тихонова]</ref>

The film is the first part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union during WWII. The second part is Front Beyond the Front Line (1977). The third part is Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981). All three screenplays were written by KGB Officer Semyon Tsvigun.

Vyacheslav Tikhonov starred as Soviet Army Officer Mlynsky, the commander of the partisan group in all three films.

== Plot == The film takes place in August, 1941. The Red Army is moving east. Major Mlynsky leads a detachment that begins to fight the invaders in the rear lines.<ref>[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/44438/ Фронт без флангов]</ref>

== Cast == * Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Ivan Mlynskiy * Oleg Zhakov as Matvey Yegorovich * Aleksandr Denisov as Vakulenchuk * Tofik Mirzoyev as Gasan Aliyev * Semyon Morozov as Seryogin * Galina Polskikh as Zina * Aleksey Borzunov as leytenant Petrenko * Ivan Pereverzev as Pavel * Yevgeny Shutov * Vladimir Ivashov as Afanasyev<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071525/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Фронт без флангов (1975) Full Cast & Crew]</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0071525}}

Category:1975 films Category:1975 war films Category:Soviet war films Category:1975 Soviet films Category:1975 Russian-language films Category:Soviet World War II films Category:Russian-language war films Category:Partisan films Category:Mosfilm films