---
title: 'The Defense of Tsaritsyn (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Vasilyev'
released: '1942-03-29'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-defense-of-tsaritsyn-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035142/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Defense of Tsaritsyn (1942)

1942 · 95 min · Drama, War, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Оборона Царицына

## Synopsis

The Defense of Tsaritsyn is a 1942 Soviet war film directed by the Vasilyev brothers.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Vasilyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-vasilyev), [Georgi Vasilyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgi-vasilyev)
- **Screenplay:** [Vasilyev brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasilyev-brothers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nikolay Kryukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-kryukov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Apollinary Dudko](https://cinepixo.com/people/apollinary-dudko), [Sergey Ivanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-ivanov), [Aleksandr Sigaev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-sigaev)

## Cast

- [Boris Babochkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-babochkin)
- [Alexandr Chvylja](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandr-chvylja) as Semyon Budyonny
- [Vasiliy Yakovlevich Sofronov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasiliy-yakovlevich-sofronov)
- [Pavel Kadochnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-kadochnikov) as Nikolay Rudnev
- [Varvara Myasnikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/varvara-myasnikova) as Ekaterina Voroshilova
- [Mikheil Gelovani](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikheil-gelovani) as Joseph Stalin
- [Vladimir Sladkopevtsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sladkopevtsev)
- [Boris Dmokhovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-dmokhovsky) as Konstantin Mamontov
- [Mikhail Zharov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-zharov)
- [Nikolay Bogolyubov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-bogolyubov) as Kliment Voroshilov

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