In January 1942, Adolf Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to command Army Group South and supervise Operation Blau. The German forces advance in the south of Russia, scattering the Soviets and approaching Stalingrad, that seems on the verge of falling to the enemy's hands. The movie ends with Vasily Chuikov assuming command of the 62nd Army at September.
Mikhail Ulyanov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Archil Gomiashvili
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Sergey Nikonenko
Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev
Boris Nevzorov
Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov
Bruno Frejndlikh
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov
Liubomiras Laucevičius
Kuzma Akimovich Gurov
Yelena Tonunts
Episode
Yuri Kuzmenko
Warrior
