Jul 19, 1945
108 min
Full-HD

The Turning Point (1945)

The film tells the story of those who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, which became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War. For five months, the city resisted the Nazi offensive. Surrendering Stalingrad to the enemy would have meant losing the war, but holding on to the city seemed almost impossible.

Category

Drama War

Country

Soviet Union

Companies

Lenfilm

Mikhail Derzhavin

General Muravyov

Pyotr Andriyevsky

General Vinogradov

Yuriy Tolubeev

Lavrov

Andrei Abrikosov

General Krivenko

Aleksandr Zrazhevsky

General Panteleyev

Nikolai Korn

General-major

S. Rakhmanin

Chied of front intelligence

Mark Bernes

Minutka, driver

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