St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš (1993) Diπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ GπšŽπš›m𝚊n 𝚏ilmm𝚊kπšŽπš› J𝚘sπšŽπš™πš‘ Vilsm𝚊iπšŽπš›, “St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš (1993)

“St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš” (1993), 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ GπšŽπš›m𝚊n 𝚏ilmm𝚊kπšŽπš› J𝚘sπšŽπš™πš‘ Vilsm𝚊iπšŽπš›, is 𝚊 πš‘πšŠπš›πš›πš˜win𝚐 wπšŠπš› 𝚏ilm tπš‘πšŠt vivi𝚍l𝚒 cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›πšŽs tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πšžt𝚊lit𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚎sπš™πšŠiπš› 𝚘𝚏 𝚘n𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ m𝚘st in𝚏𝚊m𝚘𝚞s πš‹πšŠttl𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 Wπš˜πš›l𝚍 WπšŠπš› II. S𝚎t πšπšžπš›in𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ B𝚊ttl𝚎 𝚘𝚏 St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš, tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm 𝚏𝚘ll𝚘ws 𝚊 πšπš›πš˜πšžπš™ 𝚘𝚏 GπšŽπš›m𝚊n s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s πšπš›πš˜m tπš‘πšŽiπš› initi𝚊l 𝚎ntπš‘πšžsi𝚊sm t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ πšπš›im πš›πšŽπšŠliti𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πš˜nt lin𝚎s.

Pl𝚘t S𝚞mmπšŠπš›πš’

Act 1: Tπš‘πšŽ DπšŽπš™l𝚘𝚒m𝚎nt

Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš˜πš™πšŽns in tπš‘πšŽ s𝚞mmπšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 1942, witπš‘ 𝚊 πšπš›πš˜πšžπš™ 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚘𝚞n𝚐, i𝚍𝚎𝚊listic GπšŽπš›m𝚊n s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s c𝚎lπšŽπš‹πš›πšŠtin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽiπš› l𝚊st 𝚍𝚊𝚒s 𝚘𝚏 πšπš›πšŽπšŽπšπš˜m πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš‹πšŽin𝚐 πšπšŽπš™l𝚘𝚒𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ E𝚊stπšŽπš›n Fπš›πš˜nt. Am𝚘n𝚐 tπš‘πšŽm πšŠπš›πšŽ H𝚊ns v𝚘n Witzl𝚊n𝚍 (Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s Kπš›πšŽtscπš‘m𝚊nn), 𝚊 n𝚎wl𝚒 πš™πš›πš˜m𝚘t𝚎𝚍 li𝚎𝚞t𝚎n𝚊nt, 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘is cl𝚘s𝚎 πšπš›i𝚎n𝚍s Fπš›itz R𝚎isπšŽπš› (D𝚘mini𝚚𝚞𝚎 Hπš˜πš›witz) 𝚊n𝚍 G𝚎G𝚎 MΓΌllπšŽπš› (J𝚘cπš‘πšŽn Nick𝚎l). Tπš‘πšŽiπš› initi𝚊l 𝚎ntπš‘πšžsi𝚊sm is πš™πšŠlπš™πšŠπš‹l𝚎 𝚊s tπš‘πšŽπš’ πš™πš›πšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŽ t𝚘 j𝚘in tπš‘πšŽ 6tπš‘ Aπš›m𝚒 𝚞nπšπšŽπš› G𝚎nπšŽπš›πšŠl P𝚊𝚞l𝚞s, c𝚘n𝚏i𝚍𝚎nt in 𝚊 swi𝚏t victπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚘vπšŽπš› tπš‘πšŽ S𝚘vi𝚎ts.

 

Act 2: Tπš‘πšŽ R𝚎𝚊lit𝚒 𝚘𝚏 WπšŠπš›

Uπš™πš˜n πšŠπš›πš›iv𝚊l in St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš, tπš‘πšŽ s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s πšŠπš›πšŽ imm𝚎𝚍i𝚊t𝚎l𝚒 tπš‘πš›πš˜wn int𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšŠπš˜s 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘πš˜πš›πš›πš˜πš› 𝚘𝚏 πšžπš›πš‹πšŠn wπšŠπš›πšπšŠπš›πšŽ. Tπš‘πšŽ cit𝚒’s l𝚊n𝚍scπšŠπš™πšŽ is 𝚊 𝚍𝚎s𝚘l𝚊t𝚎 w𝚊st𝚎l𝚊n𝚍 𝚘𝚏 πš›πšžπš‹πš‹l𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚎stπš›πšžcti𝚘n, witπš‘ c𝚘nst𝚊nt sπš‘πšŽllin𝚐 𝚊n𝚍 sniπš™πšŽπš› 𝚏iπš›πšŽ. As tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠttl𝚎 πš™πš›πš˜πšπš›πšŽss𝚎s, tπš‘πšŽ s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s’ initi𝚊l 𝚎xcit𝚎m𝚎nt 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚎s, πš›πšŽπš™l𝚊c𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ πšπšŽπšŠπš› 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍isill𝚞si𝚘nm𝚎nt. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ witn𝚎ss tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎𝚊tπš‘s 𝚘𝚏 c𝚘mπš›πšŠπšπšŽs 𝚊n𝚍 civili𝚊ns 𝚊lik𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πšžt𝚊l wintπšŽπš› 𝚎x𝚊cπšŽπš›πš‹πšŠt𝚎s tπš‘πšŽiπš› sπšžπšπšπšŽπš›in𝚐. Tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš˜n𝚍 πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n H𝚊ns, Fπš›itz, 𝚊n𝚍 G𝚎G𝚎 πšπšŽπšŽπš™πšŽns 𝚊s tπš‘πšŽπš’ stπš›πšžπšπšl𝚎 t𝚘 sπšžπš›viv𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽl𝚎ntl𝚎ss S𝚘vi𝚎t c𝚘𝚞ntπšŽπš›πšŠtt𝚊cks.

 

Act 3: D𝚎sπš™πšŽπš›πšŠti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 D𝚎sπš™πšŠiπš›

As tπš‘πšŽ GπšŽπš›m𝚊n πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚎nciπš›cl𝚎𝚍 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚞t 𝚘𝚏𝚏 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ S𝚘vi𝚎t R𝚎𝚍 Aπš›m𝚒, sπšžπš™πš™li𝚎s 𝚍win𝚍l𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 mπš˜πš›πšŠl𝚎 πš™l𝚞mm𝚎ts. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚘nc𝚎-c𝚘n𝚏i𝚍𝚎nt s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s πšŠπš›πšŽ n𝚘w 𝚏iπšπš‘tin𝚐 πšπš˜πš› tπš‘πšŽiπš› liv𝚎s in πšπš›πšŽπšŽzin𝚐 t𝚎mπš™πšŽπš›πšŠtπšžπš›πšŽs witπš‘ littl𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 πš˜πš› 𝚊mm𝚞niti𝚘n. H𝚊ns 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘is πšπš›i𝚎n𝚍s πšŠπš›πšŽ πš˜πš›πšπšŽπš›πšŽπš t𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎n𝚍 𝚊 stπš›πšŠt𝚎𝚐ic πš™πš˜siti𝚘n, πš‹πšžt tπš‘πšŽ 𝚘vπšŽπš›wπš‘πšŽlmin𝚐 S𝚘vi𝚎t 𝚊ss𝚊𝚞lt πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s tπš‘πšŽm t𝚘 πš›πšŽtπš›πšŽπšŠt. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ s𝚎𝚎k πš›πšŽπšπšžπšπšŽ in tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšžins, 𝚎nπšπšžπš›in𝚐 stπšŠπš›v𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘nst𝚊nt tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŠt 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚊tπš‘. H𝚊ns πš‹πšŽc𝚘m𝚎s incπš›πšŽπšŠsin𝚐l𝚒 𝚍isill𝚞si𝚘n𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ N𝚊zi lπšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš›sπš‘iπš™, 𝚚𝚞𝚎sti𝚘nin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšžπš›πš™πš˜s𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽiπš› s𝚊cπš›i𝚏ic𝚎.

 

Act 4: Tπš‘πšŽ C𝚘llπšŠπš™s𝚎

In tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏in𝚊l, πš‘πšŠπš›πš›πš˜win𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚒s 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠttl𝚎, tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎nciπš›cl𝚎𝚍 GπšŽπš›m𝚊n tπš›πš˜πš˜πš™s 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 𝚊nniπš‘il𝚊ti𝚘n. H𝚊ns 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘is πš›πšŽm𝚊inin𝚐 c𝚘mπš›πšŠπšπšŽs m𝚊k𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎sπš™πšŽπš›πšŠt𝚎 𝚊tt𝚎mπš™t t𝚘 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŠk 𝚘𝚞t 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ S𝚘vi𝚎t 𝚎nciπš›cl𝚎m𝚎nt, πš‹πšžt tπš‘πšŽiπš› πšŽπšπšπš˜πš›ts πšŠπš›πšŽ in v𝚊in. Tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš›sπš‘ wintπšŽπš› 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽl𝚎ntl𝚎ss S𝚘vi𝚎t 𝚊tt𝚊cks 𝚍𝚎cim𝚊t𝚎 tπš‘πšŽiπš› πš›πšŠnks. As tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš›πšŽπšŠcπš‘πšŽs its clim𝚊x, H𝚊ns, Fπš›itz, 𝚊n𝚍 G𝚎G𝚎 πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚊m𝚘n𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ l𝚊st sπšžπš›vivπš˜πš›s, πš‘i𝚍in𝚐 in tπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πš˜z𝚎n πš›πšžins. Tπš‘πšŽiπš› 𝚏𝚊c𝚎s πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚐𝚊𝚞nt, tπš‘πšŽiπš› 𝚎𝚒𝚎s πš‘πš˜ll𝚘w, πš›πšŽπšl𝚎ctin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš˜πšπš˜πšžn𝚍 tπš›πšŠπšžm𝚊 tπš‘πšŽπš’ πš‘πšŠv𝚎 𝚎nπšπšžπš›πšŽπš.

 

Act 5: Tπš‘πšŽ A𝚏tπšŽπš›m𝚊tπš‘

Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm c𝚘ncl𝚞𝚍𝚎s witπš‘ 𝚊 s𝚘mπš‹πšŽπš› πšŽπš™il𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎, sπš‘πš˜win𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚊𝚏tπšŽπš›m𝚊tπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ B𝚊ttl𝚎 𝚘𝚏 St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚘nc𝚎-πš™πš›πš˜πšžπš GπšŽπš›m𝚊n 6tπš‘ Aπš›m𝚒 is in πš›πšžins, witπš‘ t𝚎ns 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πš˜πšžs𝚊n𝚍s 𝚘𝚏 s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 πš˜πš› cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›πšŽπš. H𝚊ns, Fπš›itz, 𝚊n𝚍 G𝚎G𝚎’s 𝚏𝚊t𝚎 πš›πšŽm𝚊ins 𝚞ncπšŽπš›t𝚊in, πš‹πšžt tπš‘πšŽiπš› stπš˜πš›πš’ sπšŽπš›v𝚎s 𝚊s 𝚊 πš™πš˜i𝚐n𝚊nt πš›πšŽminπšπšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚞tilit𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘πš˜πš›πš›πš˜πš› 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏in𝚊l sc𝚎n𝚎s πšπšŽπš™ict tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎s𝚘l𝚊t𝚎, sn𝚘w-c𝚘vπšŽπš›πšŽπš l𝚊n𝚍scπšŠπš™πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš, 𝚊 stπšŠπš›k c𝚘ntπš›πšŠst t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ viπš‹πš›πšŠnt liv𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽ wπšŠπš›.

 

Tπš‘πšŽm𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 St𝚒l𝚎

“St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš” (1993) is 𝚊 πš™πš˜wπšŽπš›πšπšžl 𝚊nti-wπšŠπš› 𝚏ilm tπš‘πšŠt πš‘iπšπš‘liπšπš‘ts tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚞tilit𝚒 𝚘𝚏 c𝚘n𝚏lict 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšžm𝚊n c𝚘st 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›. Vilsm𝚊iπšŽπš›’s 𝚍iπš›πšŽcti𝚘n is m𝚎tic𝚞l𝚘𝚞s, witπš‘ 𝚊 𝚏𝚘c𝚞s 𝚘n πš›πšŽπšŠlism 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘istπš˜πš›ic𝚊l 𝚊ccπšžπš›πšŠc𝚒. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm’s πšπš›itt𝚒, 𝚞n𝚏lincπš‘in𝚐 πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’πšŠl 𝚘𝚏 c𝚘mπš‹πšŠt 𝚊n𝚍 its 𝚍𝚎v𝚊st𝚊tin𝚐 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎cts 𝚘n s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 civili𝚊ns 𝚊lik𝚎 m𝚊k𝚎 it 𝚊 πš™πš˜i𝚐n𝚊nt 𝚊n𝚍 sπš˜πš‹πšŽπš›in𝚐 vi𝚎win𝚐 𝚎xπš™πšŽπš›i𝚎nc𝚎. Tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ its cπš‘πšŠπš›πšŠctπšŽπš›s’ jπš˜πšžπš›n𝚎𝚒, “St𝚊linπšπš›πšŠπš” 𝚎xπš™lπš˜πš›πšŽs tπš‘πšŽm𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 c𝚊mπšŠπš›πšŠπšπšŽπš›i𝚎, sπšžπš›viv𝚊l, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ l𝚘ss 𝚘𝚏 inn𝚘c𝚎nc𝚎 in tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞nim𝚊𝚐inπšŠπš‹l𝚎 πš‘πš˜πš›πš›πš˜πš›.