

In January 1942, Adolf Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to command Army Group South and supervise Operation Blau. The German forces advance in the south of Russia, scattering the Soviets and approaching Stalingrad, that seems on the verge of falling to the enemy's hands. The movie ends with Vasily Chuikov assuming command of the 62nd Army at September.
Director: Yuri Ozerov

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev

Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov

Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov

Kuzma Akimovich Gurov

Episode

Warrior

Ivan

Vasily Ivanovich Chuykov