Filmed in color on a grand scale, Fall of Berlin re-creates the final days of war in Europe from the Soviet point of view.
The Fall of Berlin is a 1950 Soviet war film and an example of Soviet realism, in two parts separated in the manner of a serial, directed by Mikheil Chiaureli, released by the Mosfilm Studio.
The script was written by Pyotr Pavlenko, and the musical score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. It starred Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin.
Portraying the history of the Second World War with a focus on a highly positive depiction of the role the Soviet leader played in the events, it is considered one of the most important representations of Stalin's cult of personality.
Cast: Mikheil Gelovani, Boris Andreyev, Marina Kovaliova, Alexey Gribov, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Tamara Nosova, Ruben Simonov, Boris Livanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Jan Werich, Veriko Anjaparidze, Georgy Tatishvili, Dmitry Dubov as Mikhail Yegorov
About this movie
Title: The Fall of Berlin (1949)
Directed by: Mikheil Chiaureli
Date of birth: 6 February 1894 Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Date of death: 31 October 1974, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Writing credits: Mikheil Chiaureli, Pyotr Pavlenko
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Year: 1949
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian
Color: Color
Runtime: 167 min.