娱乐英语新闻:Russian film 'Stalingrad' screened in China

BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- More good news for Chinese cinema fans as Russian war epic "Stalingrad" hits cinema screens in China on Thursday.

Back in 1993 audiences were treated to a German film by the same name which saw the brutal battle through the eyes of German officer Hans von Witzland.

Now, two decades later, the film is seen from the other side now in IMAX 3D.

The first Russian film completely produced with 3D technology, the film focuses on the battlefield friendship between five Soviet soldiers who are desperately defending a strategically vital apartment building against far-better armed Nazi occupiers.

The film is partly based on Vasily Grossman's acclaimed 1959 novel, "Life and Fate", which was suppressed by the Soviets and only published in the perestroika era.

Made with a budget of 30 million (U.S. dollars), the film has been selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.