---
title: 'Panfilov''s 28 Men (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrey Shalopa'
released: '2016-11-02'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/panfilovs-28-men-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5207204/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Panfilov's 28 Men (2016)

2016 · 105 min · Drama, Action, War, History · Russia

Original title: Двадцать восемь панфиловцев

## Synopsis

Panfilov's 28 Men is a 2016 WWII film based on a legend about a group of soldiers – Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen – heroically halting and destroying German tanks headed for Moscow. It is set in the Eastern Front of World War II and covers the 8th Guards Rifle Division operations during the 1941 Battle of Moscow. On DVD, it is also known as Battle for Moscow or Thunder of War in North American distribution. The legend which the movie is based on has since been shown to be wartime fiction.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrey Shalopa](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-shalopa), [Kim Druzhinin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-druzhinin)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrey Shalopa](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-shalopa)
- **Producer:** [Andrey Shalopa](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-shalopa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mikhail Kostylev](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kostylev)

## Cast

- [Dmitry Girev](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-girev) as Yakov Bondarenko
- [Alexander Ustyugov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-ustyugov) as Ivan Vasilyevich Moskalenko
- [Andrey Shalopa](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-shalopa)
- [Azamat Nigmanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/azamat-nigmanov) as Musabek Sengirbayev
- [Aleksey Morozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-morozov) as Vasily Klochkov
- [Amadu Mamadakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/amadu-mamadakov) as Älikbaý Qosayev
- [Aleksey Longin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-longin)
- [Kim Druzhinin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-druzhinin) as Daniil Kozhubergenov
- [Oleg Fyodorov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-fyodorov) as Grigory Shemyakin
- [Yakov Kucherevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/yakov-kucherevsky) as Ivan Dobrobabin
- [Dmitry Murashev](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-murashev) as Grigory Konkin

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Official site: http://28panfilovcev.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/panfilovs-28-men-2016
Film facts: Wikidata (Q16514509); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.