The Battle of Stalingrad, Part 2 (cardboard)
Stalingradská bitva, 2. díl (Czech title)
PAL 2  Cardboard sleeve
Directed by: V. Petrov
Starring: Vladimir Gajdarov, Mikhail Astangov, Aleksei Dikij, Vladimir Petrov
Sound standards: 2.0
Year of manufacture: 1949-51
Length: 84 min
DVD production date: 2008
Language versions: Czech, Russian
Subtitles: Czech

It became a milestone in the greatest tragedy of the last century and saved the world from Hitler's invasion. The legendary Battle of Stalingrad, the first film adaptation of which we are now releasing in the Czech premiere on DVD.
The realistic Soviet blockbuster describes in two parts the fateful battles that determined the development of the Second World War. While the first part depicts the desperate defense of a strategically important city on the Volga, the second film focuses on the decisive offensive of the Red Army against Hitler's troops. Generals Vatutin, Rokossovsky and Yeremenko and the entire Soviet people did not let up to the last strength and finally led the enemy to capitulate. The Battle of Stalingrad was of enormous political and strategic importance and was the beginning of a turning point in the events of the war.

 (Stalingradskaya bitva Pt 1 1949, Pt 2 1950) Directed by Vladimir Petrov Stalingrad has inspired many movies, but none so sweeping and monumental as this 1949 Soviet production. More than a movie, this is a spectacular military re-enactment of the Battle of Stalingrad supervised by the Red Army, deploying thousands of veteran troops, as well as the actual tanks, planes and ships (including captured German materiel) from the Eastern Front. In its meticulous recreation of Stalingrad's key campaigns, the film ranges freely across fronts and capitals, bringing to life the military and political players who shaped this epochal battle. Over everything, of course, stands Stalin, portrayed here as incomparable military genius, the author of every strategic masterstroke, who humbly guides his commanders to ultimate success.

Working alone within the great halls of the Kremlin, he maintains a mystical contact with his soldiers, who are heartened to know that "Stalin is always with you!" And yet the movie, once we depart Stalin's company and are hurled into one or another superlatively realized battle sequence, throws off a vitality and gritty verisimilitude that eclipse the stilted conventions of Stalin's personality cult. Especially vivid are the bravura scenes devoted to Stalingrad's legendary street fighting, where desperate combat unfolds within a twilight realm of ruined buildings, corpse-strewn rubble and twisted steel. The film builds to a furious climax as, on frozen steppes outside the city, the Red Army encircles Germany's doomed Sixth Army, all of it recreated in brilliantly kinetic battle sequences. Remarkably for a Soviet film, the misery of the bedraggled German survivors is shown some empathy. Includes an especially vibrant film score by famed Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian. Directed by Vladimir Petrov. 

EXCELLENT SOVIET PROPOGANDA FROM 1948!!!
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