Panfilov's 28 (2016)

As the German army drives on Moscow in late 1941, a company of the 316th Rifle Division, many of its men from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, is ordered to hold a stretch of open ground at the Dubosekovo junction. With rifles, grenades and a few anti-tank weapons, the soldiers prepare their trenches and wait for the panzers. The film follows them through the wait and the day-long battle that follows, focusing on the men rather than generals. Panfilov's 28 retells one of the best-known legends of the Soviet war, the stand of the 28 Panfilov guardsmen. It was partly funded by public crowdfunding, which made it a notable case in Russian cinema, and became a box-office hit at home. Its historical accuracy was hotly debated, since archival research had long questioned how the original wartime account was reported.