The stories about the valor and heroism of Russian soldiers during the Great Patriotic War never lose their relevance. However, in order to interest the younger generation, directors and scriptwriters try to give films made on these subjects more intrigue. One of these paintings is the film “ordered to destroy!” Operation: "Chinese box" ". Filmed in the detective genre, this picture tells of a brewing assassination attempt by the German special services on the "leader of the peoples" IV Stalin. According to some versions, the script was based on materials from the secret archives of Soviet intelligence services. Although it’s hard to believe.
“Chinese box” - the operation to destroy Stalin
The plot develops in 1944. At the beginning of the film, Hitler, played by Valery Zolotukhin, in a desperate situation, poses a difficult task for the German secret services - to destroy Stalin (Gennady Khazanov). Naturally, to fulfill this super-task, the Germans need agents who have undergone special training in a sabotage school of killer agents, in which Soviet prisoners of war are used as living material for training.
One of the German instructor officers invites prisoners to participate in gladiatorial battles with their relatives. The only one who manages to survive is Petr Tavrin (Konstantin Lavronenko) - a fugitive Russian soldier. At the same time, the news of the Soviet intelligence services reaches the upcoming operation "Chinese casket." The Russians, in turn, create the Smersh counter-intelligence group, which consists of one experienced and two young intelligence officers. However, despite their inexperience, they still manage to uncover the criminal network. But they still have to find the future killer of Stalin and neutralize him. At some point, Russian intelligence officers understand that someone among them is a mole. But who exactly? Will the operation “Chinese box” not be revealed?
The cast of the movie “Chinese Box”
The success of any feature film largely depends on the choice of actors. In this case, among the cast there are big names (Gennady Khazanov, Mikhail Efremov, Andrey Smolyakov, Renata Litvinova, Sergey Batalov, Valery Zolotukhin and others), stars of a younger generation (Taras Babich, Kirill Pletnev, Ivan Stebunov, Ilya Sokolvsky and others .), as well as actors unfamiliar to the public, who nevertheless were able to masterfully create their own images, making them interesting and memorable for the audience.
“Chinese box" - a real operation
Since everything that was hidden behind the walls of the KGB will never be fully accessible to the public, there is no official information about the attempt on the leader of the peoples I. Stalin by the German secret services, only speculations. However, after analyzing the situation created in 1944, it can be assumed that the assassination of the commander of the Soviet Forces is the only sure way out of this situation for fascist Germany. In view of this, there is every reason to believe that this operation, which was called the “Chinese box”, was in fact, although not completed, but launched by a German reconnaissance group.