In January 1942, Adolf Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to command Army Group South and supervise Operation Blau. The German forces advance in the south of Russia, scattering the Soviets and approaching Stalingrad, that seems on the verge of falling to the enemy's hands. The movie ends with Vasily Chuikov assuming command of the 62nd Army at September.
Directed by Yuri Ozerov
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Cast

Mikhail Ulyanov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Archil Gomiashvili
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Sergey Nikonenko
Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev

Boris Nevzorov
Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov

Bruno Frejndlikh
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov

Liubomiras Laucevičius
Kuzma Akimovich Gurov

Yelena Tonunts
Episode

Yuri Kuzmenko
Warrior

Fyodor Bondarchuk
Ivan

Powers Boothe
Vasily Ivanovich Chuykov

Fernando Allende
Ruben Ibarruri

Valeri Tsvetkov
Andrey Ivanovich Eremenko
Achim Petry
Adolf Hitler

Ronald Lacy
Winston Churchill
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