Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)

Movie Details

Original Title Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.4

Cast

Anthony Veiller

Narrator

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Ion Antonescu

Self

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Nikolai Cherkasov

Alexander Nevsky

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Miklós Horthy

Self

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Alfred Jodl

Self

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King Boris III

Self

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King Michael

Self

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Key Crew

Director Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra

Editor William Hornbeck

Producer Frank Capra

Production

War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry

U.S. War Department

U.S. Army Special Service Division

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

world war ii

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jul 7, 2025

For some reason, I always felt that this front of WWII was always the most horrendous, and this two-parter goes some way to poignantly illustrating that. Using a combination of animated maps and plenty of wartime newsreel, it takes us into the heart of the Soviet Union as the encroaching Nazis crush ... Read more