Battle of tanks t-34 actors10/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1944, with the tide of the war shifting in the Allies’ favour, his nemesis from that battle, Commander Standartenführer Klaus Jäger orders him to repair a captured T34 and provide simulated battle training for new and inexperienced Nazi tank crews. Although Ivushkin’s men put up spirited, sustained resistance, he and other survivors are captured and sent to a concentration camp deep inside Germany. He’s told to command the one remaining tank in his section and, together with a handful of luckless infantry soldiers, hold back an approaching Nazi tank group and so cover his compatriots’ retreat towards Moscow. It’s also been reported that the Russian theatrical version has been trimmed by more than thirty minutes with the intention of increasing the combat density for the impatient western market.įortunately, despite these irritants, Iron Fury – part hunter-killer tank combat and part prison camp escape flick – still has enough about it to merit the attention of those looking for a different perspective on the conflict waged on the Eastern Front of WWII.Įvents begin in November 1941, when Junior Lieutenant Nikolay Ivushkin is given what’s essentially a suicide mission. The fact that there’s no option to select the original soundtrack is (together with the lack of any behind-the-scenes special features) to the serious detriment of this package. While all the performances by actors playing Nazi characters are heard in their original German (subtitled, of course), the Russian actors have had their voices redubbed into a jarring form of transatlantic English. Let’s begin by dispensing with some of the major disappointments of this otherwise welcome release. IRON FURY / CERT: 12 / DIRECTOR & SCREENPLAY: ALEXSEY SIDOROV / STARRING: ALEXANDER PETROV, VINZENZ KIEFER, VIKTOR DOBRANARAVOV / RELEASE: OUT NOWĪ major hit with Russian cinemagoers, wartime tankfest Iron Fury (originally released as T34) now blasts its way in the direction of English-language audiences for the first time on DVD. ![]()
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