How it was 16.04.2000 (2000)

The history of the creation of the Soviet film epic "Liberation" (rezh.

Yu.

Ozerov).

Fragments of the movie.

Yuri Ozerov - director and director of Liberation, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, tells that during the assault on Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad) In 1945, he thought that if he survived, he would pass on to the generations about that era, about those events that had to be experienced.

The director, tells how the picture was created, what events accompanied this.

Active participation in the creation of the picture was accepted by the then Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, who is at that time in disgrace.

Officially, he was not approved for the role of a consultant.

Videorecording: Georgy Zhukov with Marshal Ivan Konev, with writer Konstantin Simonov, in the theater applauds in the auditorium.

Mikhail Ulyanov, who played the role of Marshal, talks about his meeting with Zhukov.

About work on the role and image of the commander.

Fragment of the epic "Liberation".

A scene in the office of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Stalin.

Cameraman Igor Slabnevich, participated in the fighting during the Great Patriotic War.

He shares his memories, speaks about the experience he has gained in the war years, which he used when he worked as a film epic director.

Fragment of the film "Liberation".

Battle of the tank battle.

Karen Shakhnazarov speaks about the scale of the project, its uniqueness of world significance.

Mikhail Slabnevich talks about the shooting process, the technical difficulties encountered during the filming of difficult battle scenes.

Yuri Ozerov calculates how much equipment was used during the filming.

Describes in what cities were the actual surveys.

How to shoot the battle scenes.

Fragment of the film "Liberation".

Lyrical scene of the main characters.

Larissa Golubkina talks about the character of her character, about how they shot some scenes, where the actress was without clothes.

Nikolai Olyalin, recalls his father, a participant in the Great Patriotic War.

He talks about working on the character of the movie hero he played.

Mikhail Nozhkin, recalls how shooting scenes of the capture of Berlin were conducted, said that during the flood scenes, an emergency occurred, which provoked a life-threatening situation.

He sings the song "The Last Battle" under the guitar.