The Boy from Stalingrad 80 years old

Hollywood's first drama of Russia's young heroes.

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.

Credits

The Boy from Stalingrad Cast

Name	Character
Mary Lou Harrington	as Nadya
Scotty Beckett He was 13, 38 years old when he died	as Pavel

The Boy from Stalingrad Crew

Name	Department
Sidney Salkow as Director. He was 31 (89) years old when He died	Directing
Robert Lee Johnson as Story.	Writing