First Oscar
100 mins
The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.
Mikhail Brashinsky
Lev's father
Elvira Sinelnik
Ida Yakovleva
Paul Dinh-McCrillis
photographer
Gleb Merkulov
Kalnitsky
Azamat Nagmanov
Dosebiev
Oleg Feoktistov
camera operator
Gennadiy Ivanov
sound director
Aleksei Varuschenko
politruk
Andrey Piskarev
Juna's classmate
Carol Schlanger
Margaret Myer
David Neff
Harry Warner
David D'Amico
William Pereira
Valery Arkhipov
Production Design
Andrey Naydenov
Director of Photography
Lyubov Ivanova
Production Design
Maxim Budarin
Screenplay
Yana Veselova
Production Design
Alexey Kamyshov
Costume Design
Darya Zonova
Costume Design
Yuliya Kostomarova
Makeup Designer
Olga Tarnovetskaya
Makeup Designer
Evgeny Goryainov
Sound Engineer
Elena Didevich
Assistant Director
Polina Bystritskaya
Casting Director
Mark Rutman
Casting Director
Dariya Voloshko
Executive Producer
Yuliya Safonova
Executive Producer
Nina Filatkina
Line Producer
Olya Zimarova
Line Producer
Denis Krupnov
Co-Producer
Anna Krupnova
Co-Producer
Olga Oparina
Art Direction
Anna Slivka
Script
Tatiana Bychkovskaya
Assistant Director
Nick Johnson
Assistant Director