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The Star

Name: The Star
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 2002-05-06
Cast: Igor Petrenko, Artyom Semakin, Aleksey Panin, Aleksei Kravchenko, Anatoliy Gushchin

2002 | 97 min | War, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for history buffs.
The mood: Intense.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 37 min.
What might put you off: It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

In the summer of 1944, the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven snipers named "Zvezda" is sent for a reconnaissance operation behind the enemy lines in the back of the Nazi Tank Division. Two previous Russian groups never came back. The seven Russians know that they are going to an almost certain Death for the sake of Victory.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$809K worldwide on a $1 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Nikolay Lebedev

Igor PetrenkoTravkin
Artyom SemakinVorobei
Aleksey PaninMamochkin
Aleksei KravchenkoAnikanov
Anatoliy GushchinBykov
Amadu MamadakovTemdekov
Yuri LagutaBrazhnikov
Yekaterina VulichenkoKatya
Andrey EgorovBarashkin
Sergey Millerfirst prisoner