Battle of Stalingrad in the media
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The Battle of Stalingrad (1942), a massive battle on the Eastern Front of World War II and the bloodiest battle in human history, has inspired various films, books, and games.
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[edit] Documentary films
- The World At War Episode 9 Stalingrad (June 1942–February 1943)
[edit] Films
- Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben?), a 1958 West German film directed by Frank Wisbar imdb
- The Great Battle on the Volga (Velikaya bitva na Volge), using archive footage taken by 150 Soviet cameramen during the battle, released in 1962 imdb
- Stalingrad, a 1993 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier imdb
- Enemy at the Gates, a 2001 Franco-British film which dramatized and in some cases fictionalized elements of real exploits by sniper Vasily Zaytsev. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Ed Harris and Rachel Weisz imdb
[edit] Board games
- Stalingrad (1963), Avalon Hill
- Turning Point: Stalingrad (1989), Avalon Hill
- Red Barricades (1989), Avalon Hill (module for Advanced Squad Leader)
- Stalingrad Pocket I and II (1994), Multi-Man Publishing (part of the Standard Combat Series)
- Streets of Stalingrad (2002), L2 Design Group
[edit] Video games
- Close Combat III: The Russian Front (1999)
- Sudden Strike (2000)
- Battlefield 1942 (2002)
- Call of Duty (2003)
- Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004)
- Red Orchestra: Combined Arms (2004)
- Call of Duty 2 (2005)
- Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005)
- Panzer Campaigns: Stalingrad '42 (2005)
- Stalingrad (2005)
- Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (2006)
- Close Combat: Cross of Iron (2007)
[edit] Books
- Antony Beevor - Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. New York: Viking, 1998. An overall perspective of the battle. Noted for its extensive use of first-hand accounts.
- William Craig - Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad. London: Pengiun, 1973. Based on 5 years of research of documents and personal accounts. Formed part of the basis for the film of the same name, Enemy at the Gates.
- Vasily Grossman - Life and Fate. New York: New York Review of Books, 2006. A novel written by one of the most celebrated reporters in the Red Army.
- Sven Hassel - SS-General. A novel about the Battle of Stalingrad written from the perspective of a German soldier.
- Theodor Plievier - Stalingrad. New York: Time, inc., 1966. A pseudo-memoir novel.
- David L. Robbins - War Of The Rats. New York: Bantam Books, 2000. A novel which was later adapted for the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates.
- William T. Vollman - Europe Central. New York: Penguin Books, 2005. A postmodern novel that received the 2005 National Book Award.
- Jonathan Bastable - Voices from Stalingrad: Nemesis on the Volga. Charles Ltd., London 2006
[edit] Other
- sabaton sang a song based on the battle in their album primo victoria.
- The Feindflug song Roter Schnee
- Theater Stalingrad 1942 by Theatre Formation Paribartak of India in 2006
- The song "Stalingrad" by progressive rock band Nightingale
- The "dramatic death metal" band Dark Lunacy has written many songs in relation to the Battle of Stalingrad. (Particularly in the 2006 release The Diarist.)
- An underground metal band in Toronto, Canada is named for the battle.
