Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- paranoid
- serious
- serious film night
- historical thriller night
What sets it apart
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The central mission is to identify a German radio operator concealed among Soviet forces within a strict three-day deadline.
The protagonists use coordinated investigation, surveillance, and military discipline to locate the radio operator behind Soviet lines.
The hidden German operator is posing as a Soviet soldier, turning the rear area into a zone of suspicion and vulnerability.
The counter-intelligence team has only three days to solve the infiltration before the major offensive begins.
Films like In August of 1944, and why
The Enemy Below
wartime counter-intelligence, military suspense, and a search for an infiltrator behind enemy lines
Army of Shadows
World War II espionage, concealed enemy agents, and tense operational realism
Come and See
Soviet wartime setting, investigative suspense, and morally pressured military protagonists
The 12th Man
period war thriller centered on infiltration, suspicion, and a race against an impending offensive
Movie Details
- Director
- Mikhail Ptashuk
- Release Date
- 2001-05-04
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (45)
Cast
- Evgeny Mironov
- Vladislav Galkin
- Yuri Kolokolnikov
- Aleksey Petrenko
- Aleksandr Feklistov
- Beata Tyszkiewicz
- Karolina Gruszka
- Aleksandr Baluev
- Ramaz Chkhikvadze
- Viktor Pavlov
Common questions
- What is In August of 1944 about?
- A Soviet counter-intelligence team races through wartime Belarus to expose a German radio operator hidden among their own soldiers before a decisive offensive.
- What is In August of 1944 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In August of 1944 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is In August of 1944 violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in In August of 1944 as moderate.
- Which films are like In August of 1944?
- Films with a similar feel include The Enemy Below, Army of Shadows, Come and See, and The 12th Man.
- How long is In August of 1944?
- In August of 1944 runs 109 minutes.
