The North Star (1943 film)

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The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US) is a 1943 American war film starring Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan and Erich von Stroheim. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, written by Lillian Hellman and featured production design by William Cameron Menzies. The music was written by Aaron Copland, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and the cinematography by James Wong Howe. The film also marked the debut of Farley Granger. The film is about the resistance of Ukrainian villagers, through guerrilla tactics, against the German invaders of the Ukrainian SSR. The film is considered to be pro-Soviet propaganda at the height of the war. It was well-received, and nominated for six Academy Awards. In the Cold War of the 1950s The North Star was criticized for its sympathetic portrayal of the Soviet Union and use of Soviet propaganda. The film was re-edited to deemphasize its idealized...

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