The General
Directed byIgor Nikolayev
Written byVasily Solovyov
Igor Nikolayev
Starring
CinematographyNikolai Zholudev
Music byAleksei Nikolayev
Production
company
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian, German

The General (Russian: Генерал) is a 1992 Russian biographical war film directed by Igor Nikolayev about officer Alexander Gorbatov.[1][2]

Plot

March 1941. Sentenced to a long-term prison of the communists, Gorbatov is released from Lubyanka and shortly afterwards rules the unit on the front. He is a capable commander and is quickly promoted — soon he is a general-lieutenant and commands the army. Compared with other Soviet commanders, including Zhukov himself, he is distinguished by understanding the realities of the modern battlefield, the independence of courts and decisions and the ability to persuade his superiors to them. The war continues, and Gorbatov constantly comes to face not only the German invaders, but also the omnipotence of political officers, the ignorance of commanders ...

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Генерал. Х/ф". Russia-1.
  2. ↑ "5 главных киноролей Владимира Гостюхина". Vechernyaya Moskva.


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