Battle for Moscow (Panfilov’s 28) – ABC Film Challenge World Cinema – P – Panfilov’s 28 – Movie Review

Director: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa

Writer: Audrey Shalopa (Screenplay)

Cast

• Andrey Shalopa
• Kim Druzhinin
• Dmitriy Girev
• Yakov Kucherevskiy
• Aleksandr Ustyugov

Plot: In November 1941, a remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi German tanks.

Runtime: 2 Hours 1 Minute

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Battle for Moscow starts as we meet the small unit of Soviet soldiers. They must set up to defend themselves against Nazi tanks using their limited resources. This sees them setting up their own defences to best fight back against the numbers that are incoming.

Verdict on Battle for Moscow

Battle for Moscow is a war movie that shows the odds a small Soviet unit of soldiers faced in a battle during World War II. It shows us how they prepared for the battle and how they did it once they entered the battle.

While most of the movie is everything we have seen before, there is some heart involved with the passion project of the directors. However, it doesn’t end up being fresh enough and by the end of the movie, we know how most of it will unfold.

Final Thoughts – Battle for Moscow is a typical war story following a group of heroic actions.