The Boy from Stalingrad (1943)
If J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this bizarre boys' adventure confection. Surprised by the advancing German Army while gathering wheat outside their village, a spunky band of Russian adolescents employs a combination of wits and heroic self-sacrifice to defeat a Nazi battalion, blow up a tank, and save the people of Stalingrad from imminent destruction. A rarely-seen entry in Hollywoood's brief wartime spate of pro-Soviet propaganda films, THE BOY FROM STALINGRAD stars Serbian-American child actor Bobby Samarzich, who went on to found one of Southern California's greatest tamburitza bands.
Director: Sidney Salkow
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Bobby Samarzich as Kolya |
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Conrad Binyon as Grisha |
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Mary Lou Harrington as Nadya |
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Scotty Beckett as Pavel |
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Steven Muller as Tommy Hudson |
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Donald Mayo as Yuri |
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John Wengraf as German Major |
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Erik Rolf as German Captain |
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Wilhelm von Brincken as German General |
| Directing | Sidney Salkow | Director |
| Writing | Ferdinand Reyher | Writer |
| Writing | Robert Lee Johnson | Story |
| Writing | Robert Arden | Story |
