First Oscar

The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.

Cast

Tikhon Zhiznevsky

Ivan Mayskiy

Darya Zhovner

Juna

Anton Momot

Lev Alperin

Andrey Merzlikin

Ilya Kopalin

Nikita Tarasov

Varlamov

Vasiliy Mishchenko

studio manager

Mikhail Brashinsky

Lev's father

Sergey Puskepalis

Aleksey Kolgan

Joseph Stalin

Stanislav Strelkov

Nikolay Vlasik