Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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The North Star
A rolling wall of hell that couldn't be stopped... A handful of men who had to stop it!
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."
- Original title
- The North Star
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
I'm not sure I've ever seen a film like this before. An agrarian community in the Ukraine are facing impending invasion from the Nazis so must rally their resources; flee to the hills or stay behind as potential saboteurs. It was made in the middle of WWII and features quite a formidable cast of stars - Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter's Huston and Brennan (the latter always seems to end up driving a wagon, whichever film he is in!), Dean Jagger, Farley Granger and an excellent Erich von Stroheim all advancing the cause of the freedom from a Soviet perspective; something completely unimaginable from an Hollywood studio just five years later. It is a pretty shameless piece of propaganda. The young, innocent youth under the jackboot of their tyrannical oppressors, using what limited resources they have to try to thwart the overwhelmingly powerful war machine rolling, relentlessly, through their country - bravely sacrificing life and limb along the way. The dialogue is suitably jingoistic, and there are plenty of rousing, anthemic, songs to keep the comrades motivated. As a wartime depiction, it has an earthiness to it, though - there are some scenes that genuinely and plausibly appal and the youth of Baxter (only 20) and Granger (18) plays well to Lewis Milstone's overall intention. Sometimes when you see films like this you wonder how the brutal Nazis ever lost...
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Dana Andrews
Kolya Simonov
Anne Baxter
Marina Pavlov
Walter Huston
Dr. Kurin
Walter Brennan
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Ann Harding
Sophia Pavlov
Jane Withers
Clavdia Kurin
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Frank Wilcox
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Tonio Selwart
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Gene O'Donnell
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Robert Lowery
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Charles Bates
Patya
James Wong Howe
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Lewis Milestone
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Daniel Mandell
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Samuel Goldwyn
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Aaron Copland
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Ira Gershwin
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Lillian Hellman
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