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Stalingrad

Stalingrad

The epic battle that turned the tide of World War II

20136.42h 11m

Overview

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk
Written by Sergey Snezhkin, Ilya Tilkin, Vasiliy Grossman
Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky, Dmitry Rudovsky, Sergey Melkumov
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $68.1M

Top Cast

Mariya Smolnikova

Mariya Smolnikova

Katya

Yanina Studilina

Yanina Studilina

Masha

Pyotr Fyodorov

Pyotr Fyodorov

Kapitan Gromov

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Kapitan Kan

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Astakhov

Dmitry Lysenkov

Dmitry Lysenkov

Chvanov

Andrey Smolyakov

Andrey Smolyakov

Polyakov

Aleksey Barabash

Aleksey Barabash

Nikiforov

Oleg Volku

Oleg Volku

Krasnov

Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner Lauterbach

Khenze

Themes & Keywords

naziworld war iisoviet unionsoviet militarystalingradbased on true storyjoseph stalinred army

About Stalingrad

Stalingrad is a war, action, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of nazi, world war ii, soviet union, soviet military, stalingrad, based on true story. Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, it stars Mariya Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina, Pyotr Fyodorov. A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

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