What are the movies about the Battle of Stalingrad, and this one is such a reverse of black and white

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▲ "The Motherland Calls" monument, built in 1967, stands on Mamayev Kong

Stalingrad (now Volgograd), a city located in the Volga River city . It became famous because of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, and the great battle conducted here was an important turning point in the Soviet-German battlefield in World War II. Because of the influence of the Battle of Stalingrad, people later put the story of Stalingrad on the screen, showing the battle from various perspectives. This time, we will take stock of the "Stalingrad" on the screen.

"The Soldiers Under the City": Stalingrad in the eyes of Americans

Speaking of Stalingrad, I believe many people will first think of the movie "The Soldiers Under the City" (coincidentally, there was a movie in the 1960s in my country called Soldiers Under the City). The film was released in 2001, directed by French director Jean Jacques Arnault, and starring British and American actors such as Jude Law, Ed Harris and Rachel Weisz. Based on the hero of the Soviet Union and the famous sniper Vasily Zaitsev, the film tells the story of Vasily’s battle in Stalingrad.

▲The poster of "The Soldiers Under the City"

"The Soldiers Under the City" is based on the 1973 documentary novel of the same name by the writer William Craig. Although the film is based on Vasily Zaitsev as the prototype to unfold the story, after creation, Vasily in the film is still different from reality. For example, at the beginning of the film, Vasily was pulled to Stalingrad by train as a recruit and driven to the battlefield, but in reality Vasily was a naval shore officer who volunteered after learning about the battle in Stalingrad in the newspaper. Came to participate in the war, and was sent to the 62nd Army, which is famous for holding Stalingrad.

To be honest, this film is a typical Hollywood commercial film, and it has the prejudice or even slander of the West to view the Soviet Union, and it misleads the audience to a certain extent. Some scenes depicted set the plot, we will talk about the related content later). The image of Vasily himself is also somewhat misinterpreted. However, the film's interpretation of the sniper battle is still very exciting, such as the scene where Vasily knocked down five German soldiers with five bullets, and the wonderful duel with German Colonel Corning.

"Decisive Battle of Stalingrad": Stalingrad in the eyes of the Germans

Before seeing this movie, the author had been thinking about how the Germans viewed the Battle of Stalingrad? "The Battle of Stalingrad", released in 1993, looked at this extremely tragic battle from the perspective of German soldiers. In this film, German director Wilsmeier fully expresses the cruelty of war, the test of soldier's friendship and the distortion of soldiers' psychology, and uses real lenses to show the audience the pain and sorrow caused by war.

▲ "The Final Battle on Stalingrad" poster

This film is a bit of a rise and fall. At the beginning of the film, a group of German soldiers who experienced the battlefield in North Africa enjoyed their rest time on the coast of Italy and were awarded medals for their achievements. But "good times are only yesterday", and soon they were sent to the Russian front, and they were thrown into the street fighting in Stalingrad. As the war progressed, the hope of this group of soldiers gradually turned into despair, and in the end they failed to escape from Stalingrad, and each fell to a tragic end.

In fact, the film's description of the German army and the Soviet army is very appropriate, especially the German army. As the protagonist, several German soldiers fought with the Soviet army in the street fighting in Stalingrad and on the snow outside, and they had a strong combat effectiveness. Moreover, the friendship between the soldiers is very strong. But the war is devastating to them, even if they want to escape by plane or on foot, they still can't leave this purgatory battlefield. In the end, the German soldier holding the corpse of his comrade in the snow can be said to have brought shock and vigilance to the audience's psychology, and must reflect on the war.

"The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad": The eulogy of victory in the Soviet era

There are movies about the Battle of Stalingrad, the most worth mentioning is this "Stalingrad Bloody Battle". This is the last part of the famous Soviet director Yuri Ozelov’s "Patriotic War Trilogy". Before it, Ozelov directed "Liberation" and ""The Defense of Moscow", "Freedom Fighter" and "Siege" directed by Soviet director Mikhail Yersov basically constituted the timeline of the Soviet Patriotic War on the screen, "Stalingrad University" The release of "Blood Wars" made this timeline completely complete.

▲ "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" poster

Other films about Stalingrad focus on one aspect or corner of the battlefield. Only "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" is a panoramic view of this battle. Contrary to the "Decisive Battle of Stalingrad" above, the style of "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" is somewhat downturned. The film begins with the defeat of the Soviet Red Army in the Second Battle of Kharkov and ends with the final annihilation of the German Sixth Army. Director Ozelov presented the battle of Stalingrad from a macro perspective, and restored many stories and characters from the battle that year, which better demonstrated the bloody battle of the Red Army soldiers to defend Stalingrad.

"The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" brought to the audience this kind of Stalingrad: the Volga ferry bombed by the Luftwaffe, the tractor factory working overtime, the repeatedly competing Mamayev Hill, and the 24 warriors standing by. The Pavlov Building...The battle was going on fiercely among the ruined walls. The Red Army infantry, anti-aircraft artillery, sniper, naval infantry... all kinds of people were holding on to the city, sweating, Blood and even life. Among them, Lieutenant General Trikov, the commander of the 62nd Army, who was ordered to stick to Stalingrad, has an important performance in the film. Interestingly, Pa Bout, who plays Trikov, is an American actor.

"Stalingrad": a memorial to the Russian era

In 2013, the film "Stalingrad" directed by Fedor Bondarchuk was released in China and caused a sensation. Fedor Bondarchuk has participated in excellent films such as "The Ninth Company". His father Sergey Bondarchuk has directed the famous epic "War and Peace". And this "Stalingrad" is the first film in Russian history that was shot entirely in 3D format, and it is also the first non-American film in IMAX format, which has unusual significance.

▲The story of the film "Stalingrad"

was narrated through the mouth of a Russian rescuer who went to Japan to participate in the earthquake relief operation: During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet army organized troops across the Volga to counterattack, but was discovered by the Germans After heavy casualties, several soldiers captured a building on the Volga River, and in this building not only the five soldiers, but also a 19-year-old girl, Kajia. After the battle, the existence of Kaka was like a clear stream for the soldiers, who spent the most difficult time together. The movie

actually used the Pavlov Building as a prototype to create the story. The battlefield was very realistic, the battle scenes were also very fascinating, and the performance of the actors was also very good. In the film, the scene where the Soviet army crosses the river and was set on fire by the Germans is extremely shocking, and the last moment the soldiers call for artillery to die with the enemy is also moving. It is worth mentioning that the famous German actor Thomas Kreischmann, who plays the leading role of the villain and the German captain in the film, made his first film in 1993's "Decisive Battle of Stalingrad".

The following are the similarities in the above-mentioned movies and some analysis of the movie details.

Pavlov building and children’s ring dance fountain

are famous landmarks in Stalingrad. The Pavlov Building appeared in "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad", and the building guarded by the protagonist in "Stalingrad" in 2013 was also based on the Pavlov Building. The Pavlov Building is a four-storey red brick building located between Lenin Street and Soviet Road in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), close to the "January 9th" Square (later called Lenin Square), as a commanding height. Control the surroundings.

▲ Site of the Pavlov Building

At the end of September 1942, Sergeant Yakov Pavlov of the 42nd Regiment of the 13th Division of the Soviet Guards took the building, and then jointly guarded the building after reinforcements arrived. The garrison has 24 people, including Russians, Ukrainians, Georgians, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Tatars, and Jews (one unidentified). The guards built a complete line of defense around the building, always keeping the building at the 42nd guardUnder the control of the regiment. The building was rebuilt after the war and became an important memorial landmark in the defense of Stalingrad. The

children's ring dance fountain appeared in "Soldiers Under the City" and "Stalingrad", as well as many video games, and is a highly recognizable landmark of Stalingrad. This fountain statue is to leave a child around a crocodile. The design is inspired by the famous Soviet fairy tale "Dr. Abolit and the Thief Balmare". There are currently two such fountain statues in Volgograd, one in the train Station, a panoramic painting memorial in the Defense of Stalingrad. Comrade

sniper

In the defense of Stalingrad, snipers played an important role. Soviet snipers represented by Vasily Zaitsev used their actions and sacrifices to contribute to the victory of the battle. There are scenes of Soviet snipers fighting in "Arrived at the City", "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" and "Stalingrad". Especially Vasily played by Jude Law in "Under the City" is even more impressive. If Russia remakes a movie about Vasily in the future, what will it do?

▲ Vasily

Order No. 227 in "Arrived Under the City"

"Arrived at the City" and "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" both mentioned Order No. 227, and Order No. 227 was specifically expressed as "Supervisor The team used heavy machine guns to shoot the retreating Red Army soldiers." This kind of prejudice and misleading has long existed in Western cultural works, and some plots even mislead the audience to think that the political commissar is the supervising team behind the soldiers. But in fact, the political commissars and political instructors of the Soviet Army are political workers, who are generally on the front line of the battle and are not responsible for military law enforcement operations. The organization of the supervision team is actually the responsibility of the Soviet NKVD. Command No. 227 of

has been demonized in the West for a long time, and the focus is nothing more than prohibition of retreat and the shooting of the retreating soldiers. In fact, Order No. 227 was put forward based on the severe war situation at the time, with the purpose of eradicating the retreat sentiment within the Soviet army and consolidating the Soviet army's discipline. The first half of the complete Order No. 227 emphasized the unfavorable factors brought about by the war situation and the retreat, while the second half mentioned specific implementation measures. The establishment of a supervising team to execute cowards and panic-makers is part of the content. Other contents include eradicating the retreat sentiment of the army, the unauthorized retreat of military officials at all levels and political subjectivity should be transferred to the military court for trial, the establishment of punishment battalions and the criminal meritorious company to punish unauthorized retreat The fleeing soldiers and other content.

▲ Order No. 227 The

Supervisory Team is organized by the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior is not responsible for military law enforcement operations until Orders No. 270 and 227 are issued. And the formation of the supervising team is not similar to the execution of the retreating soldiers as shown in "Being in the City". In the Battle of Stalingrad, the task of the supervising team was mainly to block and intercept the soldiers who retreated from the front and drive them away. Back to the front line, only a few were arrested or shot, and no one could be executed at will. At the beginning of the "Blood Battle of Stalingrad", there was a scene where the Soviet political commissar rescued two deserters from the gun of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs shot them on the grounds that they had left the machine guns to the enemy.

Also in this film, when Lieutenant Ivaluri is commanding the battle, a team of internal affairs personnel rushes to reinforce. The lieutenant mentioned, "Aren't you here to shoot your own people?" The officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs replied, "You didn't retreat either." Another thing to mention is that the supervising team did not exist for too long during the war. It is also worth mentioning that the supervising team, the punishment camp, and the guilt company mentioned in Order No. 227 were learned from the German army, and such details were used in the film "The Battle of Stalin" by the German director. This is clearly reflected in "Geller". Z2z

The 62nd Army of the Soviet Union

The 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front was under the command of the Stalingrad Front Army. After Cuikov took over the command of the defeated Lieutenant General Lopatin, the Army fought a tragic street battle with the Germans in the city of Stalingrad. During the battle, the troops that belonged to the group army consisted of 24 infantry divisions, 5 infantry brigades, 1 infantry regiment, 2 fortification areas, 2 tank corps, 5 tank brigades, 1 tank regiment, and 7 independent units. Tank battalion, 2 motorcycle brigades, 1 independent armored train battalion, 5 cannon regiments, 1 howitzer regiment, 19 anti-tank destroyer regiments, 1 independent anti-tank gun battalion, 1 mortarArtillery regiments, 9 guards rocket artillery regiments, 3 antiaircraft artillery regiments, 4 pontoon battalions, and 6 independent engineer battalions.

The above-mentioned units include the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the naval infantry. There are 5 guard divisions in the infantry division alone. Among them, the 13th Guards Division crossed the Volga River on September 14 to reinforce Stalingrad, which turned the precarious battle situation around. Although the division suffered heavy casualties, it did not retreat like other troops and persisted until the victory of the battle. The 62nd Army was famous for the Defence of Stalingrad and was later reorganized into the 8th Army of Guards. Cuikov continued to command the Army until the end of the Soviet-German War. The then political commissar Gulov died of illness three months after the end of the defense of Stalingrad. A large number of commendable personnel emerged from the entire group army, such as Sergeant Yakov Pavlov of the 13th Guards Division, who won the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and Lieutenant Ivaluri of the 35th Guards Division (the two are in " "The Bloody Battle of Stalingrad" all appeared).

Volga ferry

In the defense of Stalingrad, the Volga ferry was once a key target of the German attack and bombing. At the beginning of the film "Arrived at the City", the actor came to Stalingrad by boat through the Volga River ferry. At the beginning of "Stalingrad", the scene where the Soviet counterattack was set on fire by the Germans was shocking. In the earlier "Blood Battle of Stalingrad", countless Soviet soldiers came to Stalingrad via the Volga River. Among them, the 13th Division of the Guards and the 92nd Navy Brigade played music and sang songs during the crossing; at the ferry, Luo Timtsev interrogated a captured German pilot, who was finally surrounded by angry Stalingrad people. These scenes were very attractive.

In fact, there is also a "Battle of Stalingrad" filmed by the Soviet Union in 1949, and the length of it will not be introduced.