Private Aleksandr Matrosov


Private Aleksandr Matrosov is a 1947 Soviet war drama directed by Leonid Lukov.

Plot

The film is a dramatization of the life of Alexander Matrosov, a Red Army soldier who was awarded the title of Soviet Union">Soviet Union">Soviet Union for blocking a German machine gun with his body during a 1943 battle, killing him but blocking further fire against other advancing Soviet soldiers.

Cast