The Last Frontier
Seen it?2020 | 130 min | War, Drama, History
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, 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. If you loved 1917, start here.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
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
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 20K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Vadim Shmelyov
- Aleksey BardukovAfanasiy Aleshkin
- Evgeniy DyatlovIvan Strelbitskiy
- Sergey BezrukovIvan Starchak
- Lyubov KonstantinovaMasha Grigoryeva
- Artem GubinSashka Lavrov
- Igor YudinMitya Shemyakin
- Guram BablishviliMuseridze
- Dmitry SolomykinShapovalov
- Roman MadyanovVasily Smirnov
- Yekaterina RednikovaNikitina