Stalingrad

The story of the Battle of Stalingrad from the perspective of a Panzer commander and an officer in a penal battalion.

Cast

Ullrich Haupt

as Generalmajor Vilshofen

Hanns Lothar

as Soldat Gnotke

Wolfgang Büttner

as General Gönnern

Wolfgang Völz

as Soldat Asslang

Christoph Bantzer

as Soldat Gimpf

Hans Paetsch

as Der General

Carl Lange

as General Hartwitz

P. Walter Jacob

as General Vennekohl

Wolfgang Stumpf

as Oberstleutnant Unschlicht

Gerd Mayen

as Stabsarzt Huth

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