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Films set in 1943. Films set in Volgograd. Films about the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. Works about the Battle of Stalingrad. World War II films based on actual events. Films about battles and military operations.
Enemy at the Gates (Stalingrad in France and L'Ennemi aux portes in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942–1943.
Apr 14, 2020 · In 1993 the Germans made a movie about the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad—a bloody turning point in the vast, apocalyptic German invasion of the Soviet Union. The film is called, simply,...
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- The Turning Point (1945) “A critical depiction of the struggles of war, it is a harrowing portrayal of the lives of soldiers away from home, fighting in ruthless conditions on the cold Russian front, unsure of how the encounters will benefit either side.
- Stalingrad: Dogs, do you want to live forever? (1959) The title refers to the words of Prussia’s King Friedrich the Great. “You cursed rascals, do you want to live forever?”
- They Fought for Their Country (1976) This film by Oscar-winning Soviet director Sergei Bondarchuk stands out among movies devoted to Stalingrad. Based on the eponymous novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, who won the Nobel Prize in literature, the film tells the story of a platoon that resists the German offensive at Stalingrad in the summer of 1942.
- Enemy at the Gates (2001) This movie is probably the most famous in the West about the Battle of Stalingrad. Made by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, the film’s central conflict is a personal duel between two snipers played by Jude Law and Ed Harris.
- Stalingrad. Beautifully shot, this 1993 German film follows a group of German soldiers as they travel through Russia on their way to the Battle of Stalingrad.
- Come and See. Brutal is an overused term, but perfect for one of the most deeply affecting war movies ever made. Filmed in a frequently lyrical, disorientating style, "Come and See" views the Eastern Front through the eyes of a child partisan, showing the Nazi atrocities in all their horror.
- Cross of Iron. Sam Peckinpah's take on World War II is as dense, violent, and confrontational as you'd expect, focusing on German troops in the Eastern Front's final phase: the bloody push by the Russians all the way back to Berlin.
- The Winter War. Loved and loathed in equal measure, "The Winter War" follows a group of Finns fighting against Russia in the oft-forgotten Russo-Finnish war of 1939 to 1940.
Stalingrad: Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. With Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph. The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.
The movie’s focal point is a duel between Soviet sniper Vasiliy Zaitsev (Jude Law) and his German counterpart, Major Erwin König (Ed Harris), which really took place during the Stalingrad...
