A turning point in 20th century war history is the focus of this fact-based account of the 1942-1943 battle of Stalingrad, in which the Germans were finally defeated by Russian influence -- one of the bloodiest battles in World War II history. The film stars Jude Law as Vassili, a marksman from the ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2001 | Running Time: 131 minutes
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If one thought the backlash against Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan was unwarranted, then it would be best to channel those negative feelings toward Jean-Jacques Annaud's crude, poorly cast World War II drama. Using Ryan as a primer for faux jingoistic wartime clichés, the film never makes the brutality of Stalingrad palpable on any sensible level, merely wallowing in mediocrity from one ill-conceived scene to the next. The casting is equally baffling, with Brits Jude Law and Joseph ...more
- Joseph Fiennes - Danilov
- Jude Law - Vassili Zaitsev
- Rachel Weisz - Tania
- Bob Hoskins - Khrushchev
- Ed Harris - Konig
- Gabriel Marshall-Thompson - Sacha
- Ron Perlman - Koulikov
- Eva Mattes - Mother Filipov
- Matthias Habich - General von Paulus
- Sophie Rois - Ludmilla
- Mikhail Matveev - Vassili's grandfather
- Jean-Jacques Annaud - Director
- Alisa Tager - Executive Producer
- Alain Godard - Executive Producer
- John D. Schofield - Producer
- Jean-Jacques Annaud - Producer
- Alain Godard - Screenwriter
- Jean-Jacques Annaud - Screenwriter
- Dominic Masters - Art Director
- Steve Lawrence - Art Director
- Ros Hubbard - Casting
- John Hubbard - Casting
- Janty Yates - Costume Designer
- Gerry Gavigan - First Assistant Director
- Allen Smith - Second Unit Director











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