Counter Attack
Summary:
This drama is based on a Broadway play, +One Against Seven, which in turn is based on the Russian play Pobyeda. Set during WW II, it centers on a Russian officer, a Russian woman, and seven German soldiers who have been trapped in the ruined cellar of a bombed out factory in a Nazi-controlled town. While waiting for someone to rescue them, the two Russians try to keep the Germans aw... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Paul Muni - (Alexei Kulkov)
Marguerite Chapman - (Lisa Elenko)
Larry Parks - (Kirichenko)
Philip Van Zandt - (Galkronye)
George Macready - (Col. Semenov)
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Review:
Although it could be considered a wartime propaganda film, Counter-Attack has higher dramatic goals in its sites than that would suggest. Indeed, Attack's characters are drawn with les defined good guy-bad guy lines than was typical of the period; after all, the leading good guy Russian is prepared to shoot the bad guy German without any comp... Continue >>
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