Overview
Plot
In January 1942, Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to lead Army Group South and oversee Operation Blau. German forces advance through southern Russia, scattering the Soviets and nearing Stalingrad, which seems on the verge of falling. The film ends with Vasily Chuikov taking command of the 62nd Army in September.
- Directors
- Yuri Ozerov
- Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov, Archil Gomiashvili, Sergey Nikonenko, Boris Nevzorov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Liubomiras Laucevičius, Yelena Tonunts, Yuri Kuzmenko, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Powers Boothe, Fernando Allende, Valeri Tsvetkov, Achim Petry, Ronald Lacy, Vadim Lobanov, Günter Junghans, Sergey Garmash, Andrey Smolyakov, Oksana Fandera, Oksana Fomichyova
- Country
- Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Soviet Union
- Genre
- War, History
- Release date
- 1990-02-02
- Studios
- Mosfilm, Grio Entertainment Group, Barrandov Studio, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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The film begins in January 1942, when Adolf Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to command Army Group South and supervise Operation Blau. As German forces push into southern Russia, they scatter Soviet troops and approach Stalingrad, which appears close to falling to the enemy. The movie concludes with Vasily Chuikov assuming command of the 62nd Army in September.
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