Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #4

1941 WarComedy 70 minutes Directed by Grigoriy Aleksandrov

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About Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #4

Three shorts are linked by Lyubov Orlova as Strelka, the mail carrier from Volga-Volga, who brings the films with the letters. The sections are The British Fleet, The Patriot, and The Order Is Carried Out. The program was shot while the German army was moving on Moscow.

Cast & crew

More about Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #4

Grigori Aleksandrov, Vasili Pronin, and Yefim Aron directed the sections. Yevgeni Pomeshchikov, Nikolay Rozhkov, Gennady Fish, and Konstantin Isaev are among the writers. Vano Muradeli wrote the music. Soyuzdetfilm made it in 1941. It runs 70 minutes. Zoya Fyodorova, Vladimir Solovyov, Dmitri Pavlov, and Andrey Fayt are billed with Orlova. The Russian title is Боевой киносборник № 4.

Themes

  • A mail carrier between the shorts
  • The British fleet
  • An order carried out
  • Lyubov Orlova
  • Strelka
  • Soyuzdetfilm
  • Aleksandrov

Look

Aleksandr Shelenkov and Aleksandr Galperin photographed the sections and Orlova's links.

Music

Vano Muradeli wrote the music.

Notes

  • Strelka is the character Orlova played in Volga-Volga. Here she carries the mail and the next film.
  • One section is The British Fleet.
  • The studio was Soyuzdetfilm during the advance on Moscow.

Scenes

  • Orlova, as Strelka, arrives with letters and the next reel.
  • The British Fleet section sits between the two Soviet stories.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1941 Боевой киносборник №4.webm)