The Great War: Cinema, Propaganda, and The Emancipation of

The film 'Stalingrad' is based on the historic battle which took place in 1942-43 The story of the battle is seen through the eyes of a fictional group of German soldiers who take pan in the battle The film is thus "historical" But what are the implications for an historian of such 'historical' films?

Russias Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time

film ever, “Stalingrad” has brought in nearly $68 million at the box office worldwide (it was released in March in the U S exclusively on IMAX screens) An epic look at the battle that turned the tide of World War II, “Stalingrad” tells the story of a band of Russian soldiers determined to hold a strategic building in

74 X Stalingrad: The Battlefield of History

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege 1942-1943 by Antony Beevor Penguin, London, 1998 Enemy at the Gates A Film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud 2001 The Battle of Stalingrad

Stalingrad re-imagined as mythical chronotope: Fedor

Stalingrad’s engagement with the past is heavily conditioned by the spatio-temporal experience of urban warfare inspired by 3D video game reconstructions, such as Call of Duty and Medal of Honor: European Assault, which include Stalingrad episodes The film is obviously

EASTERN EUROPE 1939-1945: STALINGRAD

EASTERN EUROPE 1939-1945: STALINGRAD Extract from a film called Stalingrad receives the King's sword, May 1944 ITN Ref: BP250544135818 Courtesy of ITN/Source, London Transcript of this source A delegation of Stalingrad citizens in the Kremlin attending the ceremony whereat the Sword of Honour, gift of King George to the people of Stalingrad,

The Myth of Stalingrad in Soviet Literature, 1942-1963

The film’s release prompted a wide and visceral public debate about the film’s “truthfulness ”4 Stalingrad, uniquely amongst twentieth century memories, has a special and personal appeal for today’s Russian readers and writers Yet no major study has sought to explore literary

STALINGRAD

Stalingrad de Joseph Vilsmaier sortie en 1993, qui présente la bataille côté allemand Chiens, à vous de crever est un film-réhabilitation allemand de Frank Wisbar sorti en 1959 Ils ont combattu pour la patrie est un film soviétique réalisé par Sergueï Bondartchouk en 1975 Stalingrad en bande dessinée, de Pierre Dupuis, 2003

MA Thesis - ut

Example of Film Stalingrad (2013) Laura Roop According to cultural memory theory, cultural tools such as texts and symbols transmit the knowledge of meaningful historical events to groups These cultural tools reproduce history by cultivating narratives that are relevant in a given time, and thus reflect the ongoing concerns over memory