Release Date
1943-05-14
Status
Released
Original Title
Сталинград
Runtime
1h 18m
Budget
$78
Original Language
RU
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Tsentralnaya Studiya Kinokhroniki
Overview
A Soviet documentary chronicling the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the turning points of World War II. Filmed on the front lines, it depicts the brutal devastation of the city, the resilience of its defenders, and the eventual Soviet counteroffensive that encircled and defeated the German 6th Army. Released internationally—with the U.S. version retitled The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad—the film served both as a record of the Red Army’s victory and as a powerful work of wartime propaganda.
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