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.
- Created by
- Yuri Ozerov
- Origin
- SU
- TMDB rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 18 votes
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