And the salute with a smirk 😂

That’s why he’s my favorite. Also, fish

Although in the film close-up it is evident that he needs a shave and the stress in the bunker has taken its toll. Chuikov and his staff have shaved recently. There are remains of snacks on the table, pickles and so on - they seem to have been having breakfast/lunch/dinner in a relaxed manner when the Germans arrived, taking them by surprise.

This is Chuikov not Zhukov. He would become a Marshal only after the war.

@@Hellston20a dammn. i always thought it was Zhukov. their name are similar, but one is incompetant who is their because he kiss stalins a**, and the other one is top greatest army leaders in history.

@@Hashimania Not denying the Soviets harbor cronies lol. But Chuikov is competent, though not a genius like Zhukov. He was responsible for holding Stalingrad.

>officer. you meant actor, right?

@@archer8849 right, I changed the sentence half way. Aside from noticing the error, do you have info on this?

@@Kyanzes well, I'm not familiar with his biography that much, but after looking it up one source states that he had to re-learn some Russian for this movie, suggesting he did study it before, just not sure how well.

@@archer8849 Got it, thanks!

​@archer8849 @Kyanzes As a Russian, I can say that although the accent is noticeable, his Russian is quite understandable and commendable. It was even grammatically correct, what is difficult for non-native speakers, especially who are not Slavs.

Edward Lo i think the 3 were war reporters and the drawings were propaganda Chuikov wants them to report. 2 of them wore army uniform while one wore plain cloths. Thus, when the germans arrived, chuikov gave the 2 of them medals to pretend to be his generals and the last one, as he was wearing plain cloths, had to hide because no way chuikov had time to dress him up as a fake general.

@@MrPikachu53 I think the question is really: why couldn't the plain clothed guy just leave via the door? How would that lowered Chuikov's honor? Or did he want him hear everything?

@@MrPikachu53 The one in the dark uniform was a naval officer with the rank of captain 3rd class (more or less the equivalent of commander in the US Navy). But he was probably there as a war correspondent. The other one is only a junior lieutenant in the Red Army. He handed them medals to look more impressive.

@@Kyanzes I am not sure but having someone at all in civilian clothes may have been considered inappropriate during formal negotiations with an almost defeated enemy, and he preferred to conceal his presence.