---
title: 'The Battle of Russia (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-of-russia-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036629/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Battle of Russia (1943)

1943 · 83 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

The Battle of Russia (1943) is the fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight documentary series. The longest film of the series, it has two parts. It was made in collaboration with Russian-born Anatole Litvak as primary director under Capra's supervision. Litvak gave the film its "shape and orientation," and the film had seven writers with voice narration by Walter Huston. The score was done by the Russian-born Hollywood composer Dimitri Tiomkin and drew heavily on Tchaikovsky along with traditional Russian folk songs and ballads.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra), [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Screenplay:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak), [Anthony Veiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-veiller), [Julius J. Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-j-epstein), [Philip G. Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-g-epstein)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert J. Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-flaherty)
- **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck)

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