Stalingrad (1989 film)

Stalingrad Russian is a 1989 twopart SovietEast GermanCzechoslovakAmerican coproduction directed by Yuri Ozerov, who also wrote the script. The film revolves around the Battle of Stalingrad.

The Germans attack Stalingrad, and are engaged in closequartered combat within the city. Chuikovs soldiers manage to hold on to their positions OnNovember 1942, the Red Army launches a successful counteroffensive and encircles the Wehrmacht formations. In February 1943, the German 6th Army surrenders to the Soviets.The film was a sequel to Ozerovs 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 Ozerovs fourth work dealing with the SovietGerman War, after the 197071 series Liberation, the 1977 TV miniseries Soldiers of Freedom and Battle of Moscow. ........

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