Released:
1990-02-02

Overview:
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.

Director:
Yuri Ozerov

Runtime:
3h 16min

Genre:
War, History

• Cast:
• 
  Mikhail Ulyanov
  as
  Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
• 
  Archil Gomiashvili
  as
  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
• 
  Sergey Nikonenko
  as
  Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev
• 
  Boris Nevzorov
  as
  Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov
• 
  Bruno Frejndlikh
  as
  Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov