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.
Director: Fridrikh Ermler
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Mikhail Derzhavin as General Muravyov |
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Pyotr Andriyevsky as General Vinogradov |
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Yuriy Tolubeev as Lavrov |
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Andrei Abrikosov as General Krivenko |
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Aleksandr Zrazhevsky as General Panteleyev |
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Nikolai Korn as General-major |
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S. Rakhmanin as Chied of front intelligence |
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Mark Bernes as Minutka, driver |
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Vladimir Maryev as Lieutenant Fyodorov |
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Pavel Volkov as Stepan |
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Mikhail Devyatkin as General Studentsov (uncredited) |
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Galina Iniutina as Liza Muravyova (uncredited) |
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Sergei Karnovich-Valua as Bon Klaus |
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Nikolai Stepanov as Stepan's comrade (uncredited) |
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Fedor Fedorovski as (uncredited) |
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Lidiya Shtykan as Nyura (uncredited) |
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Alexey Yan as Arrested german officer (uncredited) |
| Directing | Fridrikh Ermler | Director |
| Camera | Arkadi Koltsaty | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasili Goryunov | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Nikolai Suvorov | Production Design |
| Writing | Boris Chirskov | Writer |
| Production | Sergey Vasilev | Producer |
| Directing | Karl Gakkel | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Isaak Menaker | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Aleksandr Ostrovsky | Sound Director |
| Sound | Nikolai Kosarev | Sound Director |
| Editing | Yevgeniya Makhankova | Editor |
| Visual Effects | N. Ponasyuzhenkov | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Production | Mikhail Shostak | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gavriil Popov | Original Music Composer |