Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture

The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43), a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare,[1] and one of the most decisive battles of World War II,[2] has inspired a number of media works.

Films

Documentary films

  • Stalingrad (1943 film), a Soviet film shot during the battle
  • The Great Battle on the Volga (Velikaya bitva na Volge), using archive footage taken by 150 Soviet cameramen during the battle, released in 1962[3]
  • "Stalingrad". The World at War. (June 1942–February 1943)
  • "Deadliest Battle". Secrets of The Dead. PBS.

Fiction films

Games

Board games

Video games

Literature

Fiction

  • Grossman, Vasily (2006). Life and Fate. New York: New York Review of Books. A novel written by one of the most celebrated reporters in the Red Army.
  • Konsalik, Heinz G. (1977). Doctor of Stalingrad. Tattoo Books. A novel focused on a German doctor in Stalingrad. Adapted for the film The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958).
  • Littell, Jonathan (2006). Les Bienveillantes. Paris: Gallimard. A fictional story of a former SS officer, the third chapter ("Courante") takes place in Stalingrad. The book received two major French literary awards (the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and the Prix Goncourt).
  • Plievier, Theodor (1966) [1948]. Stalingrad. New York: TIME, Inc. A pseudo-memoir novel.
  • Robbins, David L. (2000). War of the Rats. New York: Bantam Books. A novel which was later adapted for the film Enemy at the Gates (2001).
  • Vollman, William T. (2005). Europe Central. New York: Penguin Books. A postmodern novel that received the 2005 National Book Award.
  • Wilson, John (2005). Four Steps to Death. Toronto: Kids Can Press Ltd. A novel focused on a German tank officer, a Russian sniper, and a child living in Stalingrad. Received the White Pine Award.
  • In Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series, the Battle of Pittsburgh becomes an analog for Stalingrad, with the Confederate Army surrounded and destroyed during prolonged urban fighting.

Non-fiction

  • Michael K. Jones - Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed. Pen & Sword Military, 19 April 2007
  • Antony Beevor - Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. New York: Viking, 1998. An overall perspective of the battle. Noted for its extensive use of first-hand accounts.
  • Viktor Nekrasov - In trenches of Stalingrad (Виктор Некрасов "В окопах Сталинграда")
  • Last Letters from Stalingrad (German: Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad), an anthology of letters from German soldiers who took part in the Battle for Stalingrad during World War II. Originally published in West Germany in 1950, the book was translated into many languages (into English by Anthony G. Powell in 1956), and has been issued in numerous editions.

Poetry

  • Pablo Neruda (1942). Canto a Stalingrado.
  • Pablo Neruda (1943). Nuevo canto de amor a Stalingrado.
  • Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1945). Carta a Stalingrado.

Music

Music

Concert music

  • Elias Tanenbaum. Last Letters from Stalingrad. a chamber music piece based on the 1950 book of the same name[16][17]
  • Aubert Lemeland (1998). "Letzte briefe aus Stalingrad". Symphonie No.10. A collage of music and recitation based on the book Last Letters from Stalingrad (1950)[18]
  • The Swedish Power Metal band Sabaton have a song titled "Stalingrad" off of their album Primo Victoria.

Stage productions

  • The play Stalingrad 1942[19] was presented by Theatre Formation Paribartak of India in 2006[20]

Medal art

  • Memorable table medal 1985 to the 40th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The obverse of the medal depicts a battle scene in Stalingrad, in the foreground the fire-rescue boat "Gasitel", in the background burning Stalingrad. On the reverse of the medal there is an inscription "40 years of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War". The medal was made by casting method of zinc alloy, diameter 98 mm. weight 450 g.

References

  1. ↑ Luhn, Alec (8 June 2014). "Stalingrad name may return to city in wave of second world war patriotism". theguardian.com. The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Taylor, A.J.P. (1998). The Second World War and its Aftermath, Volume IV. Folio Society. p. 142.
  3. ↑ The Great Battle on the Volga on IMDb
  4. ↑ Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? on IMDb
  5. ↑ Stalingrad on the IMDb.
  6. ↑ Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture on IMDb
  7. ↑ Enemy at the Gates on IMDb
  8. ↑ Why gaming's latest take on war is so offensive to Russians. Polygon (2013-07-25). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
  9. ↑ Company of Heroes 2 sales stopped in Russia. PCGamesN (2013-08-06). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
  10. ↑ Valestap (2009-01-31), STALINGRADO - StormySix, retrieved 2017-08-19
  11. ↑ MissUrquinaona (2013-02-13), Banda Bassotti - Stalingrado, retrieved 2017-08-19
  12. ↑ GioSkaRocksteady (2012-07-22), Erode - Stalingrado, retrieved 2017-08-19
  13. ↑ Relief Records EU (2010-01-28), Kento - Stalingrado, retrieved 2017-08-19
  14. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Various-Stalingrad-Vol1-Das-Beste-Stahl/master/1256382
  15. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Various-Stalingrad-Vol2-Bis-Am-Ende-Dieser-Welt/master/1256381
  16. ↑ "Last Letters from Stalingrad". American Composers Alliance.
  17. ↑ "Notes for Elias Tenenbaum - Last Letters from Stalingrad]". Anthology of Recorded Music.
  18. ↑ "Letzte briefe aus Stalingrad". NatureLand.
  19. ↑ https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/TFP/stg1942/stg1942.html&date=2009-10-26+00:11:48
  20. ↑ https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/TFP/index.html&date=2009-10-26+00:11:42
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