Drama · War
Soviet (Великий перелом)
1945 · Directed by Fridrikh Ermler · 108 min
A Soviet war drama about the Battle of Stalingrad, told through generals, staff officers and soldiers on both sides of the front. Made as the war ended, it is part dramatised history, part official memory, directed by one of Soviet cinema's veterans.
Why it matters in cinema history
A representative example of the Soviet war film of the 1940s, and a late major work by Ermler, whose career stretches from the silent era through Stalin-era cinema.
Watch with intention
Watch it as both a war drama and a statement of how a state wanted its defining ordeal to be understood.
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