Video Trailer - Russia Nominates WWII Movie ‘Stalingrad’ for Oscars.

Russia Nominates WWII Movie ‘Stalingrad’ for Oscars.(RN).

Russia has nominated film director Fyodor Bondarchuk’s World War II drama “Stalingrad” for the US Academy Awards, a member of Russia’s Oscars nomination commission said.

“We’ve decided to put forward ‘Stalingrad,’” producer Yevgeny Gidilis told RIA Novosti on Friday.
“Stalingrad” tells the story of group of Soviet soldiers fighting Nazi Germans and their allies in the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
It is the first Russian movie made completely with 3D technology, with a $30 million budget.
The Oscars will be awarded on March 2, 2014 in Los Angeles. American TV host and actress Ellen DeGeneres will host the ceremony.
Bondarchuk is a popular Russian filmmaker and actor whose oeuvre includes several action-packed blockbusters and dozens of music videos.
The Oscar could be the second one in his family – his father, director and actor Sergei Bondarchuk, won one in the best foreign-language film category for his adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” novel in 1968.

Video - Battle of Stalingrad: Russia marks 70th anniversary of key WWII fight (PHOTOS)'

Battle of Stalingrad: Russia marks 70th anniversary of key WWII fight (PHOTOS)' (RT).The bloodiest and longest standoff of WWII – the Battle of Stalingrad – lasted 200 days and claimed 2 million lives. Russia is marking the 70th anniversary of this epic struggle, which became the turning point leading to overthrow of Nazi Germany.
­The anniversary of the Soviet victory in what was the biggest land battle of WWII will be widely celebrated throughout Russia on Saturday. About 1,000 guests have arrived in Volgograd – formerly Stalingrad – to participate in the celebrations, including a military parade, battle reconstructions, fireworks and more.
In honor of the celebrations, the city is changing back to its old name of Stalingrad. In 1961, following the Soviet policy of deconstructing the cult of personality around Stalin, the city was renamed Volgograd.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a reception at the Kremlin to honor some 200 WWII veterans. “We have to do everything so the memory of the Battle of Stalingrad, the truth about it, will never fade away,” Putin said. “From this point – from the unbowed city – our forces began their march to Berlin.”Read the full story here.More archive pictures here.

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Surviving the hell of Stalingrad.