Frank Capra's Why We Fight # 5 The Battle Of Russia CC

Frank Capra's Why We Fight # 5 The Battle Of Russia CC

Rejissyor: Frank Capra. The Battle of Russia shows a history of Russia's defense and battle against Germany. Capra's synopsis: "History of Russia; people, size, resources, wars. Death struggle against Nazi armies at gates of Moscow and Leningrad. At Stalingrad, Nazis are put through meat grinder. The Battle of Russia (1943) is the fifth film of Frank Capra 's Why We Fight documentary series. The longest film of the series, it has two parts. It was made in collaboration with Russian -born Anatole Litvak as primary director under Capra's supervision. Litvak gave the film its "shape and orientation," and the film had seven writers with voice narration by Walter Huston . The score was done by the Russian -born Hollywood composer Dimitri Tiomkin and drew heavily on Tchaikovsky along with traditional Russian folk songs and ballads. [ 2 ] The film historian Christopher Meir noted that the film's popularity "extended beyond the military audience for it was initially intended, and was the second in the series to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film begins with an overview of previous failed attempts to conquer Russia: the Teutonic Knights in 1242 (footage from Sergei Eisenstein 's film Alexander Nevsky is used), by Charles XII of Sweden in 1704 (footage from Vladimir Petrov 's film Peter the Great ), by Napoleon I in 1812, and by the German Empire in World War I . The vast natural resources of the Soviet Union are then described and show why the land is such a hot prize for conquerors. To give a positive impression of the Soviet Union to the American audience, the country's ethnic diversity is covered in, detail and elements of Russian culture that are familiar to Americans, including the musical compositions of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Leo Tolstoy 's book War and Peace , are also mentioned. Communism is never mentioned in the film, but the Russian Orthodox Church is described as a force opposing Nazism. The start of the film includes a quote from US General

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