Stalingrad (1990 film)

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Stalingrad
Mikhail Ulyanov
Bruno Freindlich
Fernando Allende
Sergei Garmash
Narrated byArtiom Karapetian
CinematographyIgor Slabnevich
Vladimir Gusev
Edited bySvetlana Metelitsa
Svetlana Ivanova
Music byYuri Levitin
Production
companies
 (US)
Release date
  • February 1990 (1990-02)
Running time
196 minutes (combined)
CountriesSoviet Union
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
United States
LanguagesRussian
German[1]
Budget$2,500,000[2]

Stalingrad (

Mikhail Ulyanov, Bruno Freindlich, Fernando Allende, Sergei Garmash, Nikolai Kryuchkov, and Ronald Lacey
.

Plot

Film I

In January 1942,

Operation Blau. The German forces advance in the south of Russia, scattering the Soviets and approaching Stalingrad, that seems on the verge of falling to the enemy's hands. The movie ends with Vasily Chuikov assuming command of the 62nd Army
at September.

Film II

The Germans attack Stalingrad, and are engaged in close-quarters combat within the city. Chuikov's soldiers manage to hold on to their positions; On 19 November 1942, the Red Army launches a successful counter-offensive and encircles the Wehrmacht formations. In February 1943, the German 6th Army surrenders to the Soviets.

Production

The film was a sequel to Ozerov's 1985

Soviet-German War, after the 1970–71 series Liberation, the 1977 TV mini-series Soldiers of Freedom and Battle of Moscow.[3]

Due to the harsh economic conditions in the late 1980s Soviet Union, 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.[4] The film was the first Soviet-American co-production in the Perestroika era.[2]

Reception

The film was poorly received, and it was Ozerov's first work which failed to secure any nominations since 1958. In 1993, the director used footage from Stalingrad for the frame story of his last film, Angels of Death, about a sniper duel taking place during the battle for the city. Montage from Stalingrad was also included in two TV anthologies of select material from Ozerov's films, The Tragedy of the Twentieth Century and The Great Captain Georgy Zhukov.[5]

Cast

Soviet Union

Germany

Ronald Lacey makes an appearance as Winston Churchill.

References

  1. ^ Moscow on Kinopoisk.ru
  2. ^ a b Spy Magazine, June 1991. p. 62.
  3. ^ A detailed overview of the movie.
  4. ^ An interview with Dilara Ozerova Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Stalingrad on kino-teatr.ru

External links

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