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'''''Battle of Moscow''''' (Битва за Москву) is a 1985 Soviet, German, Czechoslovak, and Vietnamese film by [[Yuri Ozerov]] about the successful heroic defense of Moscow from Nazi attack in the [[Great Patriotic War]]. The film was released in two parts, as seen below:
 
'''Film I: Aggression'''
 
Part 1
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The Red Army tries to counter the assault with a string of hasty operations, while the Brest Fortress is desperately defended. The Soviets manages to recapture Yelnya but having Major General Konstantin Rakutin killed in action. Stalin insists on defending Kiev, and his forces suffer immense losses.
 
'''Film II: Typhoon'''
 
Part 1
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The enemy is at the outskirts of the city, yet the traditional 7 November parade takes place as always. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is captured and executed, and Panfilov's men fight to the last. Rokossovsky begs Zhukov to allow retreat but is refused. After all seems lost, the Germans grind to a halt. On 6 December, the Soviets launch a successful counter-offensive.
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== Tropes ==
* [[Action Girl]]: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
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* [[New Meat]]: The Podolsk cadets.
* [[Oh Crap]]:
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u8yFdT3H5k Smolensk].
** When the Podolsk cadets realize that the Germans hiding in the woods number in the thousands, and the Germans advance in armored cars, firing machine guns at the outgunned cadets....
* [[Public Domain Character]]
** [[Adolf Hitler]]
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[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Battle of Moscow]]
[[Category:Military and Warfare Films]]
[[Category:Film]]