Private Aleksandr Matrosov () is a 1947 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov. Plot The film tells about a young soldier of the Great Patriotic War - Alexandr Matrosov, who used his body to shield the embrasure of the enemy's bunker. Starring Anatoliy Ignatyev as Aleksandr Matrosov (as Anatoli Ignatyev) Pyotr Konstantinov as Ivan Chumakov Konstantin Sorokin as Misha Skvortsov Shamsi Kiyamov as Khadyn Abdurakhmanov Lavrenti Masokha as Vasya Petrov Vladimir Balashov as Kostya Ilyin Oleg Zhakov as Captain Vasili Shcherbina Mikhail Kuznetsov as Captain Kolosov Anatoli Nelidov as Nikolai Gavrilovich Faina Ranevskaya as Doctor References External links 1947 films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet war drama films 1940s war drama films Soviet black-and-white films 1947 drama films