A lot of film stories have been filmed about the heroic deeds of the Soviet military who worked behind enemy lines. We decided to recall worthy war films and series about scouts and saboteurs who fought in 1941-1945. You can watch an online selection of not only film masterpieces of the Soviet film distribution, but also modern adaptations of previously unknown pages of history.
Black Sea (2020)
- Genre: Action, History
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.3
- The storyline is built around the work of counterintelligence officers in a military environment.
In detail
The time and place of the series is 1944, Novorossiysk. The enemy's plans become known to the command of the Black Sea Fleet. In our rear there is a group of submariners-saboteurs. Their goal is to disrupt the Crimean offensive operation. Captain Saburov is sent to help local counterintelligence officers and instructed to find agent Kunz.
SMERSH (2019)
- Genre: detective, action
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.7, IMDb - 3.8
- In the center of the plot is the dramatic story of the confrontation between an officer of the Red Army, who is being hunted by an agent of the Abwehr.
The film is set on the first day of the war. A consignment of emeralds and top-secret documents are being transported by train from Germany to the USSR. The train is captured by the German military, led by the agent of the Abwehr Konrad von Buttsev. But the documents were taken away by Georgy Volkov, a Soviet officer. The real hunt begins for him.
It Was In Intelligence (1969)
- Genre: military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 6.7
- The film is dedicated to Vasya Kolosov, a 12-year-old intelligence officer of the Great Patriotic War.
The orphaned Vasya on the train meets Sergeant Filippov. He is not indifferent to the boy's fate, so he takes the teenager with him to the tank unit. The commander orders to send Vasya to the rear. But the teenager runs away from the escort and manages to catch a German parachutist in the forest. For this he was presented for an award and allowed to remain at the front in intelligence.
Military Intelligence (2010-2012)
- Genre: Adventure, Military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 5.6
- For 3 seasons, the Russian TV series tells about the difficult work of Soviet soldiers behind enemy lines.
The main characters serve in the secret group of the 5th Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army. In their personal files there are only reward orders and reports on successful sabotage operations. The heroes don't even have names, but their daily feat brought the great Victory closer. Each new mission is on the verge of risk, each drop behind enemy lines risks being the last.
Scouts (2013)
- Genre: Drama, Military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 7.9
- Dramatic events bring previously unknown people into a fighting squad. Their task is to destroy the enemy behind enemy lines.
The series is set in an intelligence school where Arina Prozorovskaya and Zoya Velichko are trained. Both girls got here due to tragic circumstances. Arina is accused of treason, and Zoya is accused of murdering Arina's mother. The girls are innocent, but the only chance to avoid repression will be presented only in hostilities behind enemy lines.
Scouts (1968)
- Genre: Adventure, Military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 6.7
- The command sets the scouts the task - at any cost to get a map of mining approaches to the Danube.
This film history deservedly falls into the cohort of the most worthy war films and series about scouts and saboteurs who fought in 1941-1945. The viewer will watch an online selection of famous artists - Leonid Bykov and Alexei Smirnov, who have played together in films about the war more than once. This time their heroes are brave scouts of the Beard squad.
Battle for Heavy Water (Kampen om tungtvannet) 2015
- Genre: Drama, Military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 8.0
- The series reveals new pages in the history of the sabotage operation in Norway during the Second World War.
From intelligence reports it became known that the Nazis organized the production of heavy water in the Norwegian village of Rjukan. It is used by the Nazis in their own nuclear project. To destroy the enterprise, it is necessary to combine the efforts of allies and form the best team of saboteurs to complete the task.
Death Archive (Archiv des Todes) 1980
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 7.5
- Fighters of the special squad must reveal plans to create a Nazi network in the post-war period.
Realizing that the war is lost, in 1944 the Nazis hide valuable documentation in one of the mines in Poland. The command of the Resistance forces finds out about this. An international team is sent to search for the archive. It includes a German communist, a Russian intelligence officer, a Wehrmacht captain, a Polish partisan and a former member of the Hitler Youth.
Son of the Regiment (1981)
- Genre: Drama, Military
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.4, IMDb - 7.3
- The plot revolves around a teenager found by Soviet intelligence officers during a campaign behind the front line.
Acting behind enemy lines during the Second World War, a group of scouts accidentally meets a 12-year-old boy. For two years he wanders through the woods, learning the art of disguise. The scouts take him with them. And when the command of the unit orders to send the boy to the Soviet rear, he manages to escape and again return to the soldiers who sheltered him.
Kukushkin's children (1991)
- Genre: Drama, Military
- Rating: IMDb - 6.1
- The plot is based on real events - the Nazis taught sabotage work to children from the orphanage.
In the list of war films and TV series about scouts and saboteurs, this film story is included for the film adaptation of the real facts of the use of orphans by the Nazis. In 1941-1945, teenagers were taught in sabotage schools. And then they were sent back to carry out sabotage. To fully cover the subject of military intelligence, you should watch the entire online selection.