The Russian narration was written by the legendary, Soviet war reporter and writer Vasiliy Grossman and read by the equally legendary, Soviet radio announcer Yuriy Levitan.
Features rare footage from Stalingrad before World War 2.
Even tough this Soviet documentary depicts the bloodiest battle in history with a total Soviet and Axis combined casualty numbers reaching as high as 2 million people (depending on counting scope), only two soldiers are actually shown shot on camera, one Soviet (shown shot and collapsing at long distance in a doorway) and one Axis (shown shot by a Soviet sniper while running).