Movielogr
The Boy from Stalingrad (1943)
Directed by Sidney Salkow
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.
Rated NR | Length 69 minutes
Actors
Bobby Samarzich | Conrad Binyon | Mary Lou Harrington | Scotty Beckett | Steven Muller | Donald Mayo | John Wengraf | Erik Rolf | Wilhelm von Brincken