Battle of Stalingrad in the media

The Battle of Stalingrad (1942), a massive battle on the Eastern Front of World War II and the bloodiest battle in human history, has inspired various films, books, and games.

Documentary films

* The World At War Episode 9 "Stalingrad (June 1942–February 1943)"

Films

* "" ("Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben?"), a 1958 West German film directed by Frank Wisbar [http://imdb.com/title/tt0051749/ imdb]
* "The Great Battle on the Volga" ("Velikaya bitva na Volge"), using archive footage taken by 150 Soviet cameramen during the battle, released in 1962 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196182/ imdb]
* "Stalingrad", a 1993 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier [http://imdb.com/title/tt0108211/ imdb]
* "Enemy at the Gates", a 2001 Franco-British film which dramatized and in some cases fictionalized elements of real exploits by sniper Vasily Zaytsev. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Ed Harris and Rachel Weisz [http://imdb.com/title/tt0215750/ imdb]

Board games

*"Stalingrad" (1963), Avalon Hill
*"" (1989), Avalon Hill
*"Red Barricades" (1989), Avalon Hill (module for Advanced Squad Leader)
*"Valor of the Guards" (2008), Multi-Man Publishing (module for Advanced Squad Leader)
*"Stalingrad Pocket" I and II (1994), Multi-Man Publishing (part of the Standard Combat Series)
*"Streets of Stalingrad" (2002), L2 Design Group

Video games

*"
*" (1999)
*"Sudden Strike" (2000)
*"Battlefield 1942" (2002)
*"Call of Duty" (2003)
*"" (2004)
*"" (2004)
*"Call of Duty 2" (2005)
*"" (2005)
*"Panzer Campaigns: Stalingrad '42 (2005)
*"Stalingrad" (2005)
*"" (2006)
*"" (2007)

Books

* 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 - "". London: Pengiun, 1973. Based on 5 years of research of documents and personal accounts. Formed part of the basis for the film of the same name, Enemy at the Gates.
* Vasily Grossman - "Life and Fate". New York: New York Review of Books, 2006. A novel written by one of the most celebrated reporters in the Red Army.
* Sven Hassel - "SS-General". A novel about the Battle of Stalingrad written from the perspective of a German soldier.
* Theodor Plievier - "Stalingrad". New York: Time, inc., 1966. A pseudo-memoir novel.
* David L. Robbins - "War Of The Rats". New York: Bantam Books, 2000. A novel which was later adapted for the 2001 film "Enemy at the Gates".
* William T. Vollman - "Europe Central". New York: Penguin Books, 2005. A postmodern novel that received the 2005 National Book Award.
* Jonathan Bastable - "Voices from Stalingrad: Nemesis on the Volga". Charles Ltd., London 2006
* Jonathan Littell - "Les Bienveillantes". Gallimard, Paris 2006. A fictional story of a former SS officer, the third chapter ("Courante") takes place in Stalingrad. The book received two major French literary awards.

Other

* Sabaton sang a song based on the battle in their album Primo Victoria.
* The Feindflug song "Roter Schnee"
* Theater [http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/TFP/stg1942/stg1942.html Stalingrad 1942] by [http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/TFP/index.html Theatre Formation Paribartak] of India in 2006
* 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 in the 2006 release The Diarist.)
* An underground metal band in Toronto, Canada is named for the battle.
* In the first series of the British Comedy Peep Show, the character Mark attempts to seduce his neighbor by recounting the battle.