August is a 2025 Russian war drama directed by Nikita Vysotsky and Ilya Lebedev, running 138 minutes. Set against the pivotal summer of 1944, the film unfolds in the wake of the Soviet military operation Bagration — one of the largest and most consequential offensives of the Second World War — and follows the counterintelligence officers working behind the advancing front.
What is August about?
In August 1944, in the freshly liberated territory of Belarus, the great Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front has pushed the front line westward — but the rear is far from safe. The film follows a small team of SMERSH counterintelligence officers, led by Captain Alekhin, who are ordered to track down an enemy reconnaissance group operating behind Soviet lines. Time is short, the forests are vast, and the presence of other armed groups in the area makes every encounter uncertain. Each man carries his own fears and motivations into the search, and the film traces how these officers navigate suspicion, comradeship under pressure, and the fragile boundary between patience and action. The narrative grounds grand strategic events in the exhausting, methodical reality of those who had to secure the rear on foot, through woods and war-scarred villages.
About the cast
Sergei Bezrukov, one of Russia's most prominent stage and screen actors, plays Captain Alekhin and leads an ensemble that includes Nikita Kologrivyy, Pavel Tabakov, Ilya Isaev, Roman Madyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Kirill Kuznetsov, and Aleksey Vertkov. The cast brings a range of generations to the screen, reflecting the broad cross-section of Soviet society that was mobilised in 1944.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers and the Iranian diaspora, August offers a window into the Eastern Front — a theatre of the Second World War that receives far less attention in Western cinema but shaped modern history profoundly. Russian war films carry a distinct tradition: slow-burn realism, collective heroism, and an unflinching look at what mass conflict costs ordinary people. That sensibility resonates with diaspora audiences who appreciate stories told through the lens of sacrifice and national endurance rather than spectacle alone. The film is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, making it fully accessible to viewers who prefer to watch in their native language without needing to follow subtitles.
Watching August on Ktime
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