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.
Ivan Mayskiy
Juna
Lev Alperin
Ilya Kopalin
Varlamov
studio manager
Joseph Stalin
Nikolay Vlasik
Katso
soviet soldier
Ida Yakovleva
Louis Burt Mayer
David O. Selznick
Howard Hawks
Irene Mayer Selznick
reporter
Sid Grauman
Jane Murfin
Fred Beetson
Leonid Antonov