Russian film “First Oscar” recently revealed its first international trailer. The film tells the true story behind the first best Oscar documentary in history, “Moscow Strikes Back”, which will be released in Russia on March 24 next year.
“Moscow Strikes Back” is a wartime news documentary filmed by the Soviet Union in 1941-1942.
The main part of “First Oscar” describes the Red Army’s counterattack on December 6, 1941. It presents the exciting picture of the first major victory of the Great Patriotic War in a vivid, passionate, and precise montage structure.
“Moscow Strikes Back” won the Oscar for Best Documentary for the first time in 1943.