Chicago – It does not take even a high school history class to understand the liberty used in “Stalingrad’s” presentation of its title siege. Boasted as the highest-grossing Russian movie ever, this IMAX 3D event is the country’s own adaptation of the hero glorification seen in “300”.
..complete with copious slow motion and overflowing testosterone. Made with great pride but also a somewhat goofy sense of war, “Stalingrad” is as irreverent with its filmmaking style as it is reverent to the country’s glory.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Framed as a bedtime story passed on from a Russian humanitarian worker to a German woman trapped after a Japanese tsunami, “Stalingrad” focuses its title event around the lives of a few World War II Russian soldiers, and the woman whose crumbling apartment building they are living in. The year is 1942, and the Germans are ready to take over the city of Stalingrad to begin...
..complete with copious slow motion and overflowing testosterone. Made with great pride but also a somewhat goofy sense of war, “Stalingrad” is as irreverent with its filmmaking style as it is reverent to the country’s glory.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Framed as a bedtime story passed on from a Russian humanitarian worker to a German woman trapped after a Japanese tsunami, “Stalingrad” focuses its title event around the lives of a few World War II Russian soldiers, and the woman whose crumbling apartment building they are living in. The year is 1942, and the Germans are ready to take over the city of Stalingrad to begin...
- 3/1/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stalingrad Columbia Pictures Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Fedor Boncarchuk Screenplay: Sergey Snezhkin, Ilya Tilkin Cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Yanina Studilina, Philippe Reinhardt, Mariya Smoknikova, Heiner Lauterbach Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/12/14 Opens: February 28, 2014 Since the movie begins around the current year, which serves as a framing device, the narrator might have noted one of the great ironies of the Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943. Some decades after the brave Russian soldiers fought to defend their motherland as represented by Stalin against German occupation, the Soviet regime itself dismantled statues of Stalin and renamed the site of one [ Read More ]
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- 2/28/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
In Soviet Russia, movie review You – but since we’re here in the good ol’ Us of A, I’ll be the one determining if Stalingrad is Russia’s spiritual equivalent to Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. Credit director Fedor Bondarchuk with creating the first Russian film to be shot in 3D and IMAX 3D, as his efforts translated into the highest grossing box-office numbers in Russian history, but leave it to an American film critic to determine if Fedor actually did right by the Motherland. Come comrades, grab your sickle and your finest bottle of Popov – we’ve got a two hour Russian war epic to discuss that’s full of explosions, emotions, gunfire and heartbreak. Love and war are synonymous, no?
The battle of Stalingrad – a bloody, sacrificial battle during World War II that pitted a stubborn Adolf Hilter against a heroic Russian army refusing to budge.
The battle of Stalingrad – a bloody, sacrificial battle during World War II that pitted a stubborn Adolf Hilter against a heroic Russian army refusing to budge.
- 2/27/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Russia’s first 3D IMAX spectacle is visually intense — it’s set during “bloodiest battle in human history,” after all — but I never warmed to a story meant to be about human resilience. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It was Russia’s entry to the Oscars in the Foreign Language category (it wasn’t nominated). It’s the first Russian film shot in 3D IMAX. And it’s the highest-grossing Russian film ever at the Russian box office. I guess the Russians saw something in Stalingrad that eludes me.
Certainly, this is a visually intense film, from horrific combat sequences featuring things you won’t be able to unsee — in 3D IMAX! — to dismal vistas of a city ravaged by the “bloodiest battle in human history”; I was struck by one poignant moment when...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It was Russia’s entry to the Oscars in the Foreign Language category (it wasn’t nominated). It’s the first Russian film shot in 3D IMAX. And it’s the highest-grossing Russian film ever at the Russian box office. I guess the Russians saw something in Stalingrad that eludes me.
Certainly, this is a visually intense film, from horrific combat sequences featuring things you won’t be able to unsee — in 3D IMAX! — to dismal vistas of a city ravaged by the “bloodiest battle in human history”; I was struck by one poignant moment when...
- 2/20/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk; Screenwriters Sergey Snezhkin, Ilya Tilkin; Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov, Thomas Kretschmann, Mariya Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina; Running time: 131 mins; Certificate: 15
War. What is it good for? IMAX 3D movies that wallow in the spectacle of horrific real-life battles, judging by Stalingrad. A lavish Russian production based on the devastating World War II battle in 1942, Fyodor Bondarchuk's effort is watchable and sporadically gripping, but fails to convincingly depict the human drama lurking amidst the twisted metal and ruins.
Stalingrad follows a small group of Soviet reconnaissance soldiers who manage to take control of a building in a German occupied square in the derelict Russian city. The narrative seamlessly shifts between the opposing forces, seeking to focus on the humanising effects of women on Nazi officer Khan (Thomas Kretschmann) and rival Russian commander Gromov (Pyotr Fyodorov) as their men struggle for territorial superiority. Alas, the movie fails to resist the...
War. What is it good for? IMAX 3D movies that wallow in the spectacle of horrific real-life battles, judging by Stalingrad. A lavish Russian production based on the devastating World War II battle in 1942, Fyodor Bondarchuk's effort is watchable and sporadically gripping, but fails to convincingly depict the human drama lurking amidst the twisted metal and ruins.
Stalingrad follows a small group of Soviet reconnaissance soldiers who manage to take control of a building in a German occupied square in the derelict Russian city. The narrative seamlessly shifts between the opposing forces, seeking to focus on the humanising effects of women on Nazi officer Khan (Thomas Kretschmann) and rival Russian commander Gromov (Pyotr Fyodorov) as their men struggle for territorial superiority. Alas, the movie fails to resist the...
- 2/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Colombia Pictures is bringing Fedor Bondarchuk’s Russian smash to the Us and has struck a deal with IMAX for a one-week nationwide engagement starting on February 28.
The 3D WWII drama is Russia’s foreign-language Oscar submission and became the highest grossing Russian film ever on $66.1m in six weeks.
The producers also claim it is the first Russian film made completely in 3D and the first Russian film to be released in the IMAX format.
Ilya Tilkin and Sergey Snezhkin wrote the screenplay from the novel Life And Fate by Vasiliy Grossman. Thomas Kretschmann, Petr Fedorov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Mariya Smolnikova and Yanina Studilina star.
Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Dmitriy Rudovskiy and Anton Zlatopolskiy produced. The executive producer is Nataliya Gorina.
The 3D WWII drama is Russia’s foreign-language Oscar submission and became the highest grossing Russian film ever on $66.1m in six weeks.
The producers also claim it is the first Russian film made completely in 3D and the first Russian film to be released in the IMAX format.
Ilya Tilkin and Sergey Snezhkin wrote the screenplay from the novel Life And Fate by Vasiliy Grossman. Thomas Kretschmann, Petr Fedorov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Mariya Smolnikova and Yanina Studilina star.
Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Dmitriy Rudovskiy and Anton Zlatopolskiy produced. The executive producer is Nataliya Gorina.
- 1/9/2014
- ScreenDaily
A pair of trailers for two World War II films have arrived, the first is actually a three-part miniseries titled Generation War, which has been described as "Germany's 'Band of Brothers'" and will be released theatrically by Music Box Films on January 15, though only at New York's IFC Center and I doubt it will be expanding much further. Set in Berlin 1941, the miniseries centers on five friends eager to become heroes in the German army only to later find their lives irrevocably damaged after years of bloodshed. Directed by Philipp Kadelbach, the film stars Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schuttler, Ludwig Trepte and Miriam Stein. Here's the trailer. yt id ="XwH35_w1oZY" width="610" Next we have Stalingrad from director Fedor Bondarchuk. The film is a 3D action film that recently stormed the Chinese box office to the tune of $8.3 million during its opening weekend and has been submitted by...
- 11/14/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Via: Firstshowing
We've got another awesomely intense trailer for a World War II film called Stalingrad, which was made in Russia.
The story is set during the horrifically epic battle for Stalingrad. The battle lasted for more than six months before the German army surrendered in 1943. It mostly looks like a really crazy good action film, but there seems to be a little romance thrown into the mix.
The movie was shot in 3D and is currently playing in Russia, but unfortunately there's no release date set for the Us. It was directed by Fedor Bondarchuk (Inhabited Island), and it's being released by Sony Pictures International in IMAX 3D. I would love to get to see this movie on the big screen! Hopefully it gets a release date soon.
Here's some more information on the film...
The original script by Ilya Tilkin does not have any literary source. The screenwriter...
We've got another awesomely intense trailer for a World War II film called Stalingrad, which was made in Russia.
The story is set during the horrifically epic battle for Stalingrad. The battle lasted for more than six months before the German army surrendered in 1943. It mostly looks like a really crazy good action film, but there seems to be a little romance thrown into the mix.
The movie was shot in 3D and is currently playing in Russia, but unfortunately there's no release date set for the Us. It was directed by Fedor Bondarchuk (Inhabited Island), and it's being released by Sony Pictures International in IMAX 3D. I would love to get to see this movie on the big screen! Hopefully it gets a release date soon.
Here's some more information on the film...
The original script by Ilya Tilkin does not have any literary source. The screenwriter...
- 11/14/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
St. Petersburg – The Russian Oscar committee has announced Fyodor Bondarchuk's World War II action-drama Stalingrad as the country’s contender in the best foreign-language movie Oscar race. The $30 million Non-Stop Productions and Art Pictures Studio production is based on an original script by Ilya Tilkin and has no novelistic source. Tilkin studied museum archives and diaries of the Stalingrad Battle participants to write the script. The story involves the Germans trying to take a residential building in Stalingrad (now modern-day Volgograd) that has been stubbornly holding out with a remaining young female resident and several
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- 9/21/2013
- by Kirill Galetski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I've got a pretty awesome trailer for you to watch today for a Russian-made World War II film called Stalingrad. The story is set during the horrific battle for Stalingrad, which is a fight that lasted for more than six months before the German army surrendered in 1943. There's also a love story that's been thrown into the mix, but for the most part, this thing is an epic historical WWII action film.
This film wasn't even on my radar until today, but I'm looking forward to watching it when I get a chance! The movie was directed by Fedor Bondarchuk (Inhabited Island), and it's being released by Sony Pictures International in IMAX 3D. There's no word on when the film is going to be released yet, but it will hit Russia first. Here's some more information on the film...
The original script by Ilya Tilkin does not have any literary source.
This film wasn't even on my radar until today, but I'm looking forward to watching it when I get a chance! The movie was directed by Fedor Bondarchuk (Inhabited Island), and it's being released by Sony Pictures International in IMAX 3D. There's no word on when the film is going to be released yet, but it will hit Russia first. Here's some more information on the film...
The original script by Ilya Tilkin does not have any literary source.
- 5/13/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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