The WWII pivotal battle of Stalingrad is shown through the eyes of the soldiers and officers on both sides of the war.The WWII pivotal battle of Stalingrad is shown through the eyes of the soldiers and officers on both sides of the war.The WWII pivotal battle of Stalingrad is shown through the eyes of the soldiers and officers on both sides of the war.
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Liubomiras Laucevicius
- Comissar Gurov
- (as Liubomiras Lauciavicius)
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- TriviaDue to the harsh economic conditions in the late 1980s Soviet Union, Yuriy Ozerov was unable to secure funding for his film inside the USSR. After deliberations, he approached the American Warner Brothers for assistance. The company agreed to provide financial support, but demanded that American actors would be given representation. The reluctant director had to cast Powers Boothe for the title role of General Vasily Chuikov. The film was the first Soviet-American co-production in the Perestroika era.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Legends of World Cinema: Yury Ozerov
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Very watchable Russian film starring Powers Booth. Big production, Lots of practical explosives, room to room gun battles, and soldiers knowing their final sacrifice is imminent. Sometimes clumsy drama, much of the time impressive battle action.
The 1993 German 'Stalingrad' is very good at telling this story from the German side in the context of the entire German invasion finally defeated here, betayed by Nazi leadership of frontline soldiers. That film is more futility of war, this is Russian, agitprop, patriotic war legend. Similar to the spirit of the 2014 3D megahit which I recommend.
Its a hell of a story that fires anyone's imagination. Pick anyone of them or all. At this writing the two older films are on youtube.
The 1993 German 'Stalingrad' is very good at telling this story from the German side in the context of the entire German invasion finally defeated here, betayed by Nazi leadership of frontline soldiers. That film is more futility of war, this is Russian, agitprop, patriotic war legend. Similar to the spirit of the 2014 3D megahit which I recommend.
Its a hell of a story that fires anyone's imagination. Pick anyone of them or all. At this writing the two older films are on youtube.
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- Runtime3 hours 16 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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