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About the project

The idea to tell the world about the feat of the Podolsk cadets, referring in the language of
cinema to today's younger generation, belongs to the legendary hockey player, State Duma
deputy from the Podolsky district Vyacheslav Fetisov. He spoke about it in 2016, and such a
proposal immediately aroused the public's response, uniting people around him in various
professions and interests. In Podolsk, the Podolsky cadets charitable foundation was actively
involved, in Obninsk - the volunteer detachment "Ilyinsky patrol", a non-commercial partnership
"People's Project" was created.

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History does not know such a massive feat of youth. Three and a half thousand cadets of the Podolsk infantry and artillery schools, boys and girls at the age of about 20, were thrown to the Mozhaisk defense line in October 1941, with the task, together with the forces of the 43rd Army, to delay the advance of the enemy for at least five days until the command collects a reserve. Most have not even finished short-term courses, yesterday’s schoolchildren, not fired in battles and poorly armed, became a wall in the way of a professional fascist army that easily conquered half of Europe. The Wehrmacht troops, despite the brutal artillery bombardments, massive air raids and tank attacks, could not break the resistance of the cadets. They stayed at the Ilyinsky border for 12 days, and none left positions. During the fighting at the line most of the cadets died, only about 300 people survived…

The film, which will be shot directly at the site of battles and carry a “memory of the earth”, is conceived as historically accurate. There is nothing fictional in it – it is an artistic story about real events and battles, real hero stories – Podolsk cadets and their commanders. In the film, the technique used in 1941 in the arsenal of the German and Red armies will be used. This picture, recreating the historical truth, will force the viewer to ponder over very important issues. Why did none of the cadets under the massive fascist fire bend and get scared? What made them the way they were? How did that inner spiritual core develop that held them in positions? It is also important that the film is not only targeted for the Russian viewer. It will also be turned to the world, telling it not only about the truth of the war, but also about the fortress of the spirit of the Russian people.

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