
Acting
Yuriy Levitan
Born 1914-10-02 · Vladimir, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Acting credits
5.7A Soviet documentary chronicling the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the turning points of World War II. Filmed on the front lines, it depicts the brutal devastation of the city, the resilience of its defenders, and the eventual Soviet counteroffensive that encircled and defeated the German 6th Army. Released internationally—with the U.S. version retitled The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad—the film served both as a record of the Red Army’s victory and as a powerful work of wartime propaganda.
Stalingrad
1943
3.9A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta.
The Battle of Stalingrad
1949
NRA documentary on the life and works of Sergei Vasilyev and Georgi Vasilyev, two Soviet filmmakers commonly known as the Vasilyev brothers.
The Vasilyev Brothers
1964
NROn the role of cotton in the national economy.
White Gold (Cotton)
1947
NRThe film tells about the aviation holiday in Tushino on July 8, 1951.
USSR Air Fleet Day
1951
NRThe Arctic operation linking up with the Allies through the Barents Sea and Murmansk.
The 69th Parallel
1942
8.0Comprising two segments, "London Will Not Surrender!" and "Our Moscow", the film showcases the air defense systems of London and Moscow.
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #5
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Oryol Battle
1943
9.0A Soviet documentary chronicling a single day of the Great Patriotic War—June 13, 1942, the 356th day of the conflict. Filmed simultaneously across all fronts and the home front by 160 newsreel cameramen, and edited by Mikhail Slutsky at the Central Studio of Documentary Films, it offers a sweeping portrait of total war. Released in October 1942, the project captured the Soviet struggle against the German invaders in a single, coordinated day of filming.
One Day of War
1942
NRA documentary about the aviation holiday in Tushino on July 27, 1952.
USSR Air Fleet Day
1952