The Front, () is a 1943 Soviet drama film directed by Vasilyev brothers. Plot The film tells about the necessary change of generations in the leadership of the Red Army as a result of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Starring Boris Zhukovsky as Ivan Gorlov Boris Babochkin as Ognev Pavel Geraga as Kolos Boris Dmokhovsky as Blagonravov Vasili Vanin as Khripun Boris Chirkov as Udivitelnyy Lev Sverdlin as Gaidar Pavel Volkov as Miron Gorlov Nikolay Kryuchkov as Sergei Gorlov Boris Blinov as Ostapenko Zh. Oguzbaev as Shayakhmetov N. Kostov as Gomelauri A. Chepurnov as Bashlykov Anna Petukhova as Marusya (as A. Petukhova) Andrei Apsolon Vladimir Gremin Aleksandr Ilyinsky Yuriy Korshun Pyotr Sobolevsky References External links 1943 films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet war drama films 1940s war drama films Soviet black-and-white films 1943 drama films