Stalingrad (Fyodor Bondarchuk; 2013)

Published: Feb. 1, 2018, 5:55 a.m.

This time around we're watching Stalingrad, from 2013 and directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk.\nThe film stars \xa0Mariya Smolyakina, Yanina Studilina,\xa0Pyotr Fyodorov,\xa0Thomas Kretschmann, Sergey Bondarchuk, Dmitri Lysenkov, Andrey Smolyakov,\xa0Aleksey Barabash, and Oleg Volku. It was Russia's entry for Best Film in the 87th Oscars, but it ultimately wasn't nominated.\nTo discuss the film, Ally is joined by former A-level film studies student and Chuckle Brother Award co-winner (2004) Patrick Say.\nThis episode contains SPOILERS from 20 minutes in until the end.\xa0\nIf you'd like to get in touch and tell us what you thought of the film and/or the podcast episode, here are some options:\nTwitter:\xa0@RussophilesU\nEmail:\xa0russophilesunite@gmail.com\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/russophilesunite/