Front in the Rear of the Enemy

Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Russian: Фронт в тылу врага, romanized: Front v tylu vraga) is a 1981 Soviet war drama film directed by Igor Gostev and Victor Kulle.^[1][2][3]

Front in the Rear of the Enemy
Russian: Фронт в тылу врага
Directed by	Igor Gostev Victor Kulle
Written by	Semyon Dneprov Semyon Tsvigun
Starring	Vyacheslav Tikhonov Valeriya Zaklunnaya Evgeniy Matveev Ivan Lapikov Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Cinematography	Aleksandr Kharitonov [ru]
Music by	Venyamin Basner
Release date	1981 (1981)
Running time	161 minute
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The film is the third part in a trilogy directed by Igor Gostev about partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union during WWII. The first part is Front Without Flanks (1975). The second part is Front Beyond the Front Line (1977). 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

It is 1944. Lt. Colonel Mlynsky's partisan detachment is tasked with fostering the international unification of Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks in order to capture a training ground with them where they are testing secret fascist weapon.^[4]

Cast

• Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Colonel Mlynsky
• Valeriya Zaklunnaya as Irina Petrovna
• Evgeniy Matveev as Simerenko
• Ivan Lapikov as Erofeich
• Aleksandr Mikhaylov
• Vaiva Mainelyte
• Tofik Mirzoyev
• Viktor Shulgin as Khvat
• Lev Polyakov as Fridrich von Büttsov
• Leonid Dyachkov^[5]