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Title Meeting on the Elbe
Production Date 1949
Country of Production USSR
Duration 01:40:58
Production Company Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow
Film Subject Era 1939-1945
Genre Drama
Summary A story about the meeting of the allied forces of the Soviet Army and the US Army on the River Elbe in Germany on 25th April 1945.
Subjects Wars; Soviet army; Red Army; Nazism; Fascism; Second World War (1939-1945); Soldiers; Military; Political prisoners; Communism; Social Democrats; Young Communist League; Alcohol; Government; Elections; Journalism; Schools; Teachers; Education; Trade; Anti-capitalism; Profiteering; War crimes; Entertainment; Leisure; Celebrations; Nuclear weapons; Anti-American sentiments; International relations; Nationalism; Occupation of territories; Eastern Front (Second World War)
Director Aleksandrov, Grigori V.
Cast
Cast member:
Davydov, Vladlen, Nasonov, K., Andreyev, Boris, Nazvanov, Mikhail, Orlova, Lyubov, Vladislavsky, V., Ranevskaya, F., Yurovsky, Y., Yudin, G., Kulakov, V.

Contributors
Music:
Shostakovich, Dmitri

Screenplay:
Tubelski, Leonid, Ryzhey, Peter, Sheinin, L.

Camera:
Tisse, E.

Art Director:
Utkin, A.

People Stalin, Josef (1878-1953); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Places River Elbe; Torgau; Germany
Fiction/Non Fiction Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language Russian (Dialogue); English (Subtitles)
Module Wars & Revolutions
BFI Identifier N-507245
Copyright The British Film Institute