The Third Blow

The Third Blow Russian is a Soviet 1948 film directed by Igor Savchenko.

The films title was derived from the third of Stalins ten blows, the Crimean Offensive of Spring 1944, which served as the setting for the story.The Third Blow was the first of the Artistic Documentaries, a series of largescale Soviet screen productions which were meant to present the official interpretation of the USSRs history, especially the history of the Second World War. As all the artistic documentaries concerned with the war, The Third Blow consisted mainly of battle scenes, strewn with staff meetings of the Red Armys generals and Stalin. In addition, there were short episodes portraying the common soldiers and ordinary people participating in the events. ........

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