Global Perspectives at the Movies "Stalingrad" (2013, R)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 @ 6pm (Adults)

Global Perspectives is a group devoted to exploring history and looking at diverse perspectives through fiction.  The program is held monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from October 2024-June 2025 at 6pm in the Carnegie Library meeting room. We alternate between discussing a book one month to viewing a movie the next month throughout the series. Be sure to join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/globalperspectivesbookclub or email arobertson@munpl.org if you would like to join our email list.

 This Month's Movie:

This month in honor of Memorial Day, we will watch Stalingrad directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and starring Mariya Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina, and Pyotr Fyodorov.

 Synopsis from IMDb:

A group of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.