Description

The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US) is a 1943 war film 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 film starred Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, and Erich von Stroheim. The music was written by Aaron Copland, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and the cinematography was 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 Ukraine. The film was an unabashedly pro-Soviet Union propaganda film at the height of the war.

Cast

• Anne Baxter as Marina Pavlova
• Dana Andrews as Kolya Simonov
• Walter Huston as Dr. Pavel Grigorich Kurin
• Walter Brennan as Karp
• Ann Harding as Sophia Pavlova
• Jane Withers as Clavdia Kurina
• Farley Granger as Damian Simonov
• Erich von Stroheim as Dr. von Harden
• Dean Jagger as Rodion Pavlov
• Carl Benton Reid as Boris Stepanich Simonov
• Ann Carter as Olga Pavlova
• Esther Dale as Anna
• Ruth Nelson (actress) as Nadya Simonova