The Boy from Stalingrad
Hollywood's first drama of Russia's young heroes.
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- Drama
- War
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 20, 1943
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- Conrad Binyon,Mary Lou Harrington,Wilhelm von Brincken,Bobby Samarzich,Steven Muller,Scotty Beckett,John Wengraf,Erik Rolf,Donald Mayo
- Director
- Sidney Salkow
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0133633