Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture

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The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43), a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare,[1] and arguably the most strategically decisive battle of World War II,[2] has inspired a number of media works.

Films

Documentary films

Fiction films

Games

Board games

Video games

Literature

Fiction

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A novel written by one of the most celebrated reporters in the Red Army.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A novel about the Battle of Stalingrad written from the perspective of a German soldier.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A novel focused on a German doctor in Stalingrad. Adapted for the film The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958).
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A fictional story of a former SS officer, the third chapter ("Courante") takes place in Stalingrad. The book received two major French literary awards.[which?]
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A pseudo-memoir novel.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A novel which was later adapted for the film Enemy at the Gates (2001).
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A postmodern novel that received the 2005 National Book Award.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A novel focused on a German tank officer, a Russian sniper, and a child living in Stalingrad. Received the White Pine Award.

Non-fiction

  • Michael K. Jones - Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed. Pen & Sword Military, 19 April 2007
  • Jonathan Bastable - Voices from Stalingrad: Nemesis on the Volga. Charles Ltd., London 2006
  • Antony Beevor - Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. New York: Viking, 1998. An overall perspective of the battle. Noted for its extensive use of first-hand accounts.
  • William Craig - Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad. London: Penguin, 1973. Based on five years of research of documents and personal accounts. Formed part of the basis for the film of the same name, Enemy at the Gates.
  • Viktor Nekrasov - In trenches of Stalingrad (Виктор Некрасов "В окопах Сталинграда")
  • Last Letters from Stalingrad (German: Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad), an anthology of letters from German soldiers who took part in the Battle for Stalingrad during World War II. Originally published in West Germany in 1950, the book was translated into many languages (into English by Anthony G. Powell in 1956), and has been issued in numerous editions.

Poetry

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Music

Concert music

Popular music

  • The Swedish power metal band Sabaton sang a song, "Stalingrad", based on the battle in their album Primo Victoria
  • The song "When the War Came" by The Decemberists references the city's agricultual institute's preservation during the siege and includes the lyric "with all the grain of Babylon."
  • The Feindflug song "Roter Schnee"
  • The song "Stalingrad" by progressive rock band Nightingale
  • The "dramatic death metal" band Dark Lunacy has written many songs in relation to the Battle of Stalingrad, particularly on the 2006 release The Diarist.
  • The song "Stalingrado" by Stormy Six, a former Italian rock band.
  • Dutch Death Metal band Hail of Bullets has written a song based on the Battle of Stalingrad, titled "Stalingrad". The song appeared on their 2008 Full-Length, ...Of Frost And War.
  • Swedish Black Metal band Marduk have a strong interest in the Battle of Stalingrad and have written several songs in relation to the topic. Most noticeably "Steel Inferno". The music video features raw footage of the Battle of Stalingrad itself.
  • Stalingrad is mentioned in "Roads to Moscow" by Al Stewart.
  • German Power Metal band Accept wrote a song and titled their thirteenth studio album after the battle
  • The song "Stalingrad" by Polish rock band Potop 318
  • A cd compilation called Stalingrad (Der Krieg - Der Wahnsinn) and 2 LP´s where released by the Dutch label Bunker Records

Stage productions

  • The play Stalingrad 1942 [14] was presented by Theatre Formation Paribartak of India in 2006[15]

References