His Name Was Not Listed


His Name Was Not Listed is a 2025 Russian war drama film directed by Sergey Korotayev about the Great Patriotic War, it is based on the novel His Name Was Not Listed by Boris Lvovich Vasilyev. It stars Vladislav Miller, Alyona Morilova and Vladimir Mashkov.
The pre-premiere screening took place on April 28, 2025, at the Karo 11 October cinema center in Moscow. This film was theatrically released in Russia on International Workers' Day, May 1, 2025, by Central Partnership.

Plot

The film takes place in 1941. Lieutenant Nikolai Pluzhnikov is assigned to the Brest Fortress on duty. And then, at 4 a.m., the war begins...

Cast

  • Vladislav Miller as Lieutenant Nikolai Pluzhnikov
  • Alyona Morilova as Mirra
  • Vladimir Mashkov as Sergeant Major Stepan Matveyevich
  • Pavel Chernyshyov as Salnikov
  • Yana Sekste as Aunt Khristya
  • Vitaly Egorov as Svitsky
  • Yevgeny Miller as Sergeant Fedorchuk
  • Egor Manakov as Vasya Volkov
  • Pavel Shevando as Lieutenant

    Production

Casting

As Vladislav Miller, who played the lead role of Nikolai Pluzhnikov, noted, the actors were specially made up to convey the "horrors of trench life during war" imprinted on the faces of the film's characters.

Filming

in the fall of 2024, in the cities of Brest and Minsk, Belarus, and the region of Moscow Oblast. For the film, a replica of the Brest Fortress was built on the grounds of the Moskino cinema park in Moscow, and the interior of St. Casimir's Cathedral was also recreated. The filmmakers, for their part, are positioning it as "the country's premier film project". According to them, the film's budget was 1 billion rubles. The filming process was completed at the end of December 2024.

Release

Theatrical

His Name Was Not Listed was the opening film of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival. A pre-premiere screening took place at the Karo 11 October cinema center on New Arbat Avenue in Moscow on April 28, 2025. The nationwide premiere of the film, timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, took place on May 1, 2025.