Based on the novel by Y. Bondarev. The film tells about one of the heroic and tragic episodes of the bloody Battle of Stalingrad, in which the steadfastness and fortitude of Russian soldiers who defended their native land were fully manifested.
Year of production: 1972
Director: Egiazarov Gavriil
Screenwriters: Egiazarov Gavriil, Grigoriev Evgeny, Bondarev Yury
Composer: Alfred Schnittke
Operator: Dobronravov Fedor
Production Designer: Vasily Golikov
Cast: Yuri Nazarov, Georgy Zhzhenov, Konstantin Tyrtov, Igor Ledogorov, Vadim Spiridonov, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Beishenaliev Bolot, Alexander Kavalerov, Nikolay Eremenko Jr., Boris Tokarev, Gennady Korolkov, Khariy Shveits, Alexey Pankin, Alexander Arzhilovsky, Valentin Grachev, Tamara Sedelnikova, Ara Babajanyan, Vladlen Biryukov, Vladimir Ivanov, Albert Dorozhko, Alexander Zimin, Anatoly Ignatkov, Mikhail Strelkov, Boris Smorchkov