Released:
1943-05-20

Overview:
If J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this bizarre boys' adventure confection. Surprised by the advancing German Army while gathering wheat outside their village, a spunky band of Russian adolescents employs a combination of wits and heroic self-sacrifice to defeat a Nazi battalion, blow up a tank, and save the people of Stalingrad from imminent destruction. A rarely-seen entry in Hollywoood's brief wartime spate of pro-Soviet propaganda films, THE BOY FROM STALINGRAD stars Serbian-American child actor Bobby Samarzich, who went on to found one of Southern California's greatest tamburitza bands.

Director:
Sidney Salkow

Runtime:
1h 9min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Bobby Samarzich
  as
  Kolya
• 
  Conrad Binyon
  as
  Grisha
• 
  Mary Lou Harrington
  as
  Nadya
• 
  Scotty Beckett
  as
  Pavel
• 
  Steven Muller
  as
  Tommy Hudson