Feb. 2 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of one of World War II's most decisive and utterly destructive battles, the five-months of slaughter in the Russian city then called Stalingrad. In 2012, ...

Several movies have been made about the crucial 1942 World War II battle of Stalingrad, including the international coproduction “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) and the German “Stalingrad” (1993). This is ...

MOSCOW — It began in the blazing heat and choking dust of the southern Russian summer, as hundreds of thousands of cocky German soldiers smashed their way into Stalingrad, intent on making that great ...

BERLIN (AP) —Joseph Vilsmaier , a German filmmaker whose striking portrayal of the Battle of Stalingrad brought home the horrors of war to a new generation, has died. He was 81. His agent confirmed ...

It's the first time in the country's post-Soviet era that a local film has beaten out Hollywood to lead the year-end list. By Vladimir Kozlov MOSCOW — Fyodor Bondarchuk‘s Stalingrad has become ...

Watchers have hailed an epic war film as better than several other major players in the genre. Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It follows a platoon of German ...

Joseph Vilsmaier, a German director and cinematographer behind the acclaimed 1993 World War II drama “Stalingrad,” died on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. He was 81. His agent confirmed to ...