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Stalingrad (1990 film)

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'Stalingrad' (Russian: '') is a 1990 two-part war film written and directed by Yuri Ozerov, and produced by Quincy Jones and Clarence Avant. Revolving around the eponymous Battle of Stalingrad, the film was a co-production between the Soviet Union and East Germany. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Powers Boothe, Mikhail Ulyanov, Bruno Freindlich, Fernando Allende, Sergei Garmash, Nikolai Kryuchkov, and Ronald Lacey.

Plot



Film I

In January 1942, Adolf Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to command Army Group South and supervise 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 'Battle of Moscow', with its plot starting directly in the beginning of the former, after von Bock failed to capture Moscow. In general, 'Stalingrad' was Ozerov's fourth work dealing with the Soviet-German War, after the 197071 series 'Liberation', the 1977 TV mini-series 'Soldiers of Freedom' and 'Battle of Moscow'.[http://bt.eutorrents.com/imdb/imdb.php?mid=0174240 A detailed overview of the movie.]

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.[http://www.p-vedomosti.ru/date34.htm An interview with Dilara Ozerova] The film was the first Soviet-American co-production in the Perestroika era.[https://books.google.com/books?id=RX5DAD9yV7IC&lpg=PA62&dq=yuri%20ozerov&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q=yuri%20ozerov&f=false 'Spy Magazine', June 1991.] p. 62.

Reception



The film was poorly received, and it was Ozerov's first work which failed to secure any nominations since 1958. At 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'.[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/6741/annot/ 'Stalingrad' on kino-teatr.ru]

Cast



Soviet Union



*Powers Boothe as General Vasily Chuikov

*Mikhail Ulyanov as Marshal Georgy Zhukov

*Bruno Freindlich as Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov

*Fernando Allende as Lieutenant Rubn Ruiz Ibrruri

*Sergei Garmash as Sergeant Yakov Pavlov

*Liubomiras Lauceviius as General Kuzma Gurov

*Boris Nevzorov as General Nikolai Krylov

* Vadim Lobanov as Nikita Khrushchev

*Andrey Smolyakov as Lieutenant Leonid Khrushchev

*Archil Gomiashvili as Joseph Stalin

*Vladimir Troshin as Kliment Voroshilov

* Nikolai Zasukhin as Vyacheslav Molotov

* Stepan Mikoyan as Anastas Mikoyan

* Viktor Uralsky as Mikhail Kalinin

*Nikolai Kryuchkov as old captain

*Fyodor Bondarchuk as sniper Ivan

* Nikolai Simkin as Alexander Poskrebyshev

* Vyacheslav Ezepov as Alexander Shcherbakov

* Valeri Tzvetkov as General Andrey Yeryomenko

* Vitali Rastalnoi as Marshal Semyon Timoshenko

* Evgeni Burenkov as General Aleksandr Vasilevsky

* Aleksandr Goloborodko as General Konstantin Rokossovsky

*Sergei Nikonenko as General Alexander Rodimtsev

*Oksana Fandera as Natasha

Germany



*Horst Schulze as Erich Edgar Schulze

*Gerd Michael Henneberg as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

*Gnter Junghans as Harro Schulze-Boysen

* Achim Petri as Adolf Hitler

* Erich Thiede as Heinrich Himmler

* Ernst Heise as Field Marshal Fedor von Bock

*Boris Levkovich as Colonel Hermann

Ronald Lacey makes an appearance as Winston Churchill.

References




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