The read
It runs long at 3h 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Yuri OzerovWriter
- Yuri OzerovDirector
- Yuriy LevitinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mikhail UlyanovGeorgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
- Archil GomiashviliJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin
- Sergey NikonenkoAlexander Ilyich Rodimtsev
- Boris NevzorovNikolai Ivanovich Krylov
- Bruno FrejndlikhBoris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov
- Liubomiras LaucevičiusKuzma Akimovich Gurov
- Yelena TonuntsEpisode
- Yuri KuzmenkoWarrior
- Fyodor BondarchukIvan
- Powers BootheVasily Ivanovich Chuykov
- Fernando AllendeRuben Ibarruri
- Valeri TsvetkovAndrey Ivanovich Eremenko