Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- paranoid
- grim
- historical thriller night
- serious war film viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Captain Alyokhin's SMERSH unit must trace the clandestine KAO radio station and dismantle the reconnaissance network behind it.
The KAO call sign repeatedly transmits coded messages, giving the officers their principal lead.
Soviet officers operate among German saboteurs, Polish detachments, and competing armed forces in liberated Belarus.
The officers face uncertain allegiances and increasingly unreliable leads while searching for the hidden enemy group.
Films like August, and why
In August 1944
shares a World War II setting, military counterintelligence, battlefield paranoia, and a mission driven by uncertain loyalties
The Lives of Others
shares wartime espionage, covert operations, investigative tension, and morally complex intelligence work
Army of Shadows
shares a grim historical-war atmosphere, surveillance-driven suspense, and pressure within a militarized society
Movie Details
- Directors
- Nikita Vysotsky, Ilya Lebedev
- Release Date
- 2025-09-25
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (9)
Cast
- Sergey Bezrukov
- Nikita Kologrivyy
- Pavel Tabakov
- Ilya Isaev
- Roman Madyanov
- Daniil Vorobyov
- Kirill Kuznetsov
- Aleksey Vertkov
- Ivan Kolesnikov
- Eldar Kalimulin
Common questions
- What is August about?
- A Soviet counterintelligence unit hunts a clandestine radio network through the treacherous confusion of wartime Belarus.
- What is August like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of August as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is August violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in August as moderate.
- Which films are like August?
- Films with a similar feel include In August 1944, The Lives of Others, and Army of Shadows.
- How long is August?
- August runs 138 minutes.
