Stalingrad (2013 film)

Stalingrad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFedor Bondarchuk
Written byIlya Tilkin
Sergey Snezhkin
Produced byAlexander Rodnyansky
Dmitriy Rudovskiy
Sergey Melkumov
Natalia Gorina
Steve Schklair (3D Producer)
StarringPetr Fedorov
Yanina Studilina
Dmitriy Lysenkov
Alexey Barabash
Andrey Smolyakov
Maria Smolnikova
Vladimir Kurlovich
Thomas Kretschmann
Heiner Lauterbach
Daniel Moorehead
Sergey Bondarchuk
CinematographyMaksim Osadchiy
Edited byNatalia Gorina
Music byAngelo Badalamenti
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[2][3]
Release dates
  • 27 September 2013 (2013-09-27) (Volgograd)
  • 10 October 2013 (2013-10-10) (Russia)[1]
  • 31 October 2013 (2013-10-31) (China)
  • 21 February 2014 (2014-02-21) (UK)
  • 28 February 2014 (2014-02-28) (US)
Running time
131 minutes[4]
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian
German
Budget$30 million[5]
Box office$68.1 million[6]

Stalingrad (Russian: Сталинград) is a 2013 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. It was the first Russian movie released in IMAX.[7][8] The film was released in September 2013 in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) and October in Russia before its international release in subsequent months (all releases were handled by the foreign-language arm of Columbia Pictures). The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[9][10] but it was not nominated. Stalingrad received the I3DS (International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society) Jury Award for Russia in 2014.

The film is a love story set in November 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad, three months into the six month battle that caused nearly 2,000,000 total casualties (wounded, killed, captured) for the two opponents, including tens of thousands of Russian civilians. The story follows soldiers from both sides as they fight to survive while saving the lives of their loves, and struggle with retaining their humanity in the face of certain death and the unspeakable horrors of war. The plot seems to be somewhat influenced[clarification needed] by Chapter 57 of Life And Fate, by writer and journalist Vasily Grossman, and therefore does have a literary antecedent.

  1. ^ "Stalingrad: An IMAX 3D Experience". Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Film #44312: Stalingrad". Lumiere. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Sony Pictures Releasing International To Distribute "STALINGRAD," Directed By Fedor Bondarchuk, In Russia". 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ "STALINGRAD (15)". Sony Pictures Releasing. British Board of Film Classification. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (27 December 2013). "'Stalingrad' Tops Russia's Box Office for 2013". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ Russian source: Stalingrad 2013, box, Kinopoisk.ru
  7. ^ ÿRussia’s STALINGRAD To Be Released In IMAX 3D Format October 2013
  8. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (25 August 2011). "Ambitious Russian 3D War Drama 'Stalingrad' Begins Filming". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Russia Nominates WWII Movie 'Stalingrad' for Oscars". RIA. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Oscars: Russia Selects Fyodor Bondarchuk's 'Stalingrad' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.