Mosfilm, 2002. 92 min. Language: Russian. Directed by A. Lebedev. Starring: Igor Petrenko, Artem Semakin, Aleksey Panin, Aleksey Kravchenko.The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944, the Nazi Army prepares a massive tank division called "The Viking" for an offensive on Russian-occupied land. The Russian Army's special group of seven snipers, called "The Star", is sent for a reconnaissance operation behind enemy lines, in the back of the Nazi tank division. Two previous Russian groups never came back from such a mission. The seven Russians know that they are going to an almost certain death for the sake of victory.
