'' Stalingrad '' ( ) is a 2013 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk . It was the first Russian movie released in IMAX . The film was released in September 2013 in Volgograd ( formerly " Stalingrad " ) and October in Russia before its international release in subsequent months ( all releases were handled by the foreign-language arm of Columbia Pictures ) . The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards , but it was not nominated . Stalingrad received the I3DS ( International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society ) Jury Award for Russia in 2014
86th Academy Awards
86th Academy Awards
Stalingrad (2013 film)