Private Aleksandr Matrosov

Private Aleksandr Matrosov (Russian: Рядовой Александр Матросов) is a 1947 Soviet war drama directed by Leonid Lukov.^[1][2][3][4]

Private Aleksandr Matrosov
Russian: Рядовой Александр Матросов
Directed by	Leonid Lukov
Written by	Giorgi Mdivani
Starring	Anatoliy Ignatyev Pyotr Konstantinov Konstantin Sorokin Shamsi Kiyamov Lavrenti Masokha Vladimir Balashov Oleg Zhakov
Cinematography	Aleksandr Gintsburg
Music by	David Blok
Release date	1947 (1947)
Country	Soviet Union

Plot

The film is a dramatization of the life of Alexander Matrosov, a Red Army soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for blocking a German machine gun with his body during a 1943 battle, killing him but blocking further fire against other advancing Soviet soldiers.^[5]

Cast

• Anatoliy Ignatyev as Aleksandr Matrosov (as Anatoli Ignatyev)
• Pyotr Konstantinov as Ivan Chumakov
• Konstantin Sorokin as Misha Skvortsov
• Shamsi Kiyamov as Khadyn Abdurakhmanov
• Lavrenti Masokha as Vasya Petrov
• Vladimir Balashov as Kostya Ilyin
• Oleg Zhakov as Captain Vasili Shcherbina
• Mikhail Kuznetsov as Captain Kolosov
• Anatoli Nelidov as Nikolai Gavrilovich
• Faina Ranevskaya as Doctor^[6]