Meeting on the Elbe

Meeting on the Elbe (1949)

Встреча на Эльбе

Soviet and American soldiers are meeting on the shores of the Elbe river in Germany in 1945.

Date of release
1949-03-16
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Grigori Aleksandrov

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Riga

Encounter at the Elbe is a Soviet war film released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west. The two allied forces met each other for the first time on the River Elbe near the end of the World War II. This meeting occurred on April 25, 1945, which was usually remembered as “Elbe Day” in Western Bloc nations and as the "Encounter at the Elbe” in Eastern Bloc nations.

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