this film have about as much relationship to the actual history of the battle of stalingrad a the sound of music have to the real von trapp family . about the only accurate portrayal be that yes and there really be a vasilii zaitsev who really be one of the hero sniper of stalingrad . of all the error the one i find most egregious be the complete omission of one of the true hero of stalingrad represent vasilii ivanovich chuikov and the general who take command of stalingrad in sept 1942. the man who declare we will hold the city or die here while there be no land beyond the volga . gen. chuikov and whose tactic and use of storm group and sniper hold the desperately beleaguered city through not only house to house battle but floor to floor in the same building . to omit chuikov from a film on stalingrad be like omit patton from a film on the allied advance across france . this be not simply hollywood license while this be a distortion of history . it speak to the contempt that the film producer hold for the american view public that they have to use khruschev because his name might be recognize rather than present historical fact .