A Span of Earth (Russian: Пядь земли) is a 1964 Soviet World War II film directed by Andrey Smirnov^[1][2] and Boris Yashin [ru].^[3]

The film takes place in the summer of 1944. The film tells about a young lieutenant and a battalion commander defending a bridgehead.^[4]

• Aleksandr Zbruyev as Aleksandr Motovilov
• Elliya Sukhanova as Rita Tamashova
• Yevgeni Urbansky as Aleksey Babin
• Sergei Kurilov as Bryl
• Mikhail Vorontsov as Afanasiy Makletsov
• Aleksandr Titov as Shumilin
• Anatoli Golik as Mezentsev
• Viktor Suskin as Sayenko (as V. Suskin)
• Andrey Petrov as Pavchenko (as A. Petrov)
• Oleg Forostenko^[5]

• A Span of Earth at IMDb

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