movie backdrop
The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 4, 2020

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

War, Drama, History

User Score

68%

Original Title

Подольские курсанты

Production Companies

VoenFilm

Director

Vadim Shmelyov

Description

The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.