The Boy from Stalingrad

Overview

If J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this bizarre boys' adventure confection. Surprised by the advancing German Army while gathering wheat outside their village, a spunky band of Russian adolescents employs a combination of wits and heroic self-sacrifice to defeat a Nazi battalion, blow up a tank, and save the people of Stalingrad from imminent destruction. A rarely-seen entry in Hollywoood's brief wartime spate of pro-Soviet propaganda films, THE BOY FROM STALINGRAD stars Serbian-American child actor Bobby Samarzich, who went on to found one of Southern California's greatest tamburitza bands.

Cast

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Bobby Samarzich

Kolya

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Conrad Binyon

Grisha

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Mary Lou Harrington

Nadya

Scotty Beckett

Pavel

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Steven Muller

Tommy Hudson

Donald Mayo

Yuri

John Wengraf

German Major

Erik Rolf

German Captain

Wilhelm von Brincken

German General