Sword of Stalingrad Sword of Stalingrad The Sword of Stalingrad is a bejewelled ceremonial longsword specially forged and inscribed by command of King George VI of the United Kingdom as a token of homage from the British people to the Soviet defenders of the city during the Battle of Stalingrad. On 29 November 1943, it was presented to Marshal Joseph Stalin by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at an afternoon ceremony during the Tehran Conference in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and an honour guard. The sword is a double-edged, two-handed longsword, approximately four feet long, with a solid-silver crossguard. The
Stalingrad (1990 film) The film was the first Soviet-American co-production in the Perestroika era. The film was poorly received, and it was Ozerov's first work which failed to secure any nominations since 1958. At 1993, the director used footage from "Stalingrad" for the frame story of his last film, "Angels of Death", about a sniper duel taking place during the battle for the city. Montage from "Stalingrad" was also included in two TV anthologies of select material from Ozerov's films, "The Tragedy of the Twentieth Century" and "The Great Captain Georgy Zhukov". Ronald Lacey makes an appearance as Winston Churchill. Stalingrad (1990 film)