The Boy from Stalingrad

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The Boy from Stalingrad
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Directed by Sidney Salkow
Screenplay byFerdinand Reyder
Story by Robert Arden
Robert Lee Johnson
Produced by Colbert Clark
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Edited by Charles Nelson
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 20, 1943 (1943-05-20)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Boy from Stalingrad is a 1943 American war film directed by Sidney Salkow.

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Plot

Five Russian youngsters and an English boy form a guerilla band which harasses the Germans stationed in their village.

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