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First Squad: The Moment of Truth

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)

Sci-Fi, War, Animated, Action, Drama, Historical, Fantasy | Russia, Japan, Canada

Director: Yoshiharu Ashino, Aljosha Klimov, Misha Shprits

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Rating: 5.6/10

SYNOPSIS

Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.

Voice: Elena Chebaturkina, Mikhail Tikhonov, Damir Eldarov, Ludmila Shuvalova, Irina Savina, Sergey Nabiev, Aleksandr Gruzdev, Rudolf Pankov

Writer: Aljosha Klimov, Misha Shprits

Producer: Aljosha Klimov, Victor Sgroi

RUNTIME: 73 min

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