Battle of Stalingrad but Paulus – ordered not to surrender by Hitler – did not respond. The German High Command informed Paulus, "Every day that the army holds out longer helps the whole front and draws away the Russian divisions from it." The Germans inside the pocket retreated from the suburbs of Stalingrad to the city itself. The loss of the two airfields, at Pitomnik on 16 January 1943 and Gumrak on the night of 21/22 January, meant an end to air supplies and to the evacuation of the wounded. The third and last serviceable runway was at the Stalingradskaya flight school, which
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)