First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009) on Netflix
NR20091h 13mActionAnimationDrama
World War II has reached the Eastern Front, where Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities are drafted into a special unit. An SS officer is raising a supernatural army of crusaders.
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Plot summary
In the autumn and winter of 1941/1942, the German army drives into the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, in the first days of World War II. Soviet teenagers who possess extraordinary abilities are drafted into a special unit to fight the invasion. Their opponent is an officer of the Schutzstaffel, working to bring back from the dead a supernatural host of crusaders of the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross, also identified as the Teutonic Knights, and to enlist them in the Nazi cause.
Cast
- Sergei Aismanas Baron Von Wolff (voice)
- Michael Beskorovainyas Hunchback (voice)
- Damir Eldarovas Marat / Butcher (voice)
- Alexander Gruzdevas General Below (voice)
- Artem Kipnisas Doctor (voice)
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- Pavel Kipnisas doctor (voice)
- Sergei Nabiyevas Baron Von Wolff (voice) (as Sergei Aisman)
- Vladimir Yakaninas Gennadi Titov
- Igor Tomilovas Igor Domanov
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- First Squad is an adaptation of a music video for Russian rap artist Ligalize's 2005 song "Our victory", which showed a battle between Soviet Pioneers and Nazi armies; the video was directed by Daisuke Nakayama and produced by Aljosha Klimov and Misha Shprits.
