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Stalingrad, Juil 8 2009
I like the perspective of this movie, in that it details a group of men from a rest area in Italy to the Eastern front, and finally their surrendering to the cold. There were not many movies that depicted the German side of this offensive, especially from the perspective of the men on the front line.
The sub titles can detract a little from the movie, but it still left me with a down to earth view point.
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Very Good movie...not perfect, Janv. 27 2005
In a nut shell ..the movie describe the entire german perspective/situation in Stalingrad..the cold,disease, lack of food, lotting, combat and so forth. So its kinda refreshing in tone instead of watching a USA perspective all the time . I never notice anything bad about the dvd quality....its fine
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One of the best, Janv. 14 2004
There you go, the title says it all.A film worht buying and watching, right from the beginning you are on the tip of your seat as the movie takes you on a stunning and gripping WWII ride. It is good to see movies based on the "other" side of the war, namely the Germans. Joseph Vilsmaier makes history and drama come alive. You follow a "green" officer and veteran Wehrmacht soldiers into the city of chaos and death, Stalingrad.
Some very gripping scenes showing that being human has its flaws and that the only thing on their mind was survival. EXCELLENT !
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Dramatic, yet influenced by political correctness, Oct. 8 2003
I find Stalingrad highly recommendable to anyone interested in a battle that has - with some justification - been regarded as the psychological turning point in a war of attrition between two dictatorships. Having an army background (military infantry officer) myself, I found great pleasure in watching an infantry platoon "at work" (if you pardon the expression), instead of following a larger unit abstractly. The platoon level provides an excellent opportunity to comprehend life and interaction in a small unit literally under fire. Which the platoon in question certainly is. In "Stalingrad", I very much appreciated the dramatic way in which the platoon's different phases were described: The relaxation inbetween battles in Italy; the gathering of the battalion and its subsequent departure for Russia; the journey through Russia; the arrival in Stalingrad; the first encounter; the mounting casualties; the conflict between the men on the ground and certain superiors; the uncertainty; the battle fatigue; the chaos; and the ubiquitous and inevitable death. The actors are splendid, their conversations frank and spontaneous. However, the reason for only suggesting 4 out of 5 stars is the political correctness inherent in "Stalingrad". On several occasions (for example, during the battle break in the city when both parties send out people to get their wounded, and in the conversations between the platoon leader and the Russo-German woman-prisoner) we are reminded of how unjust the war was, how badly the Germans behaved in Russia and how innocent the attacked Russian were. These incidents are, to be honest, rather pathetic, but luckily not to an extent that completely ruins the general impression of "Stalingrad". No doubt - the Wehrmacht did indisputedly commit atrocities in the Soviet Union during WW II. But I would have liked the movie to mention the Soviet atrocities as well, both against German troops as well as ITS OWN civilian population. The movie seems to portray the Soviet Union as the innocent victim of German aggression, which it was clearly not: WW II started mainly because Britain declared war on Germany after the attack of the latter on Poland 01 September 1939. But for some "strange" reason, Britain forgot all about declaring war on the Soviets, although the Soviets attacked Poland from the east following the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty. Germany lost the war, and its conquerors quickly imposed on it a feeling of guilt that may have seemed partly justified in 1945, but which still - as can be seen in "Stalingrad" - haunts movie-making in Germany. Let me emphasise that the aforementioned political correctness in no way makes the movie bad - but its omission would undoubtedly have motivated the undersigned to suggest all five stars instead of four. If you liked Das Boot, you will surely like Stalingrad too. I blame neither author nor director of Stalingrad for the political correctness; that ghost is still too firmly rooted in German psyche to be forgotten and omitted in movies about the controversial phase of European history from 1939 to 1945.
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Gritty war film seen thru German eyes, Sep 2 2003
I'd heard about this film a few years ago, so I picked it up and watched it with my two boys.It was interesting to see WWII from the German side of things, especially their view of the Russian Front, an idiom all-too-often imagined by us Americans, rather than seen or experienced. *Stalingrad* follows a German lieutenant and his squad from their R&R in Italy to their ultimate deployment in the longest, largest and most costly battle of the war. The other recent film about this battle, *Enemy at the Gate* is a slicker production with a bigger budget and recognizable stars. But it catches only brief glimpses of the situation's intractable desperation. *Stalingrad* packs more emotion and spirit, its protagonists more real, more flesh and blood than *EATG*. There is no romantic subplot to distract from the Germans' struggle against their two inevitable foes---the Russian soldier and the Russian winter. As they change from an elite and well-equipped Storm Trooper unit to becoming a rag-tag band of starving deserters, they search for a safe haven in a world where everything else is the enemy. The squad unsuccessfully grapples with contradiction while Humanity takes a backseat to the German War Machine. One message is made clear: the German soldiers possess far more compassion than the Nazis. *Stalingrad* has lots of blood and guts a la *Saving Private Ryan*. Although Stalingrad's battle-gore FX are far less realistic than those employed by SPR, it's not for the squeamish viewer. My sons and I were emotionally affected by this film. We saw how War is not always fought on bright summer days and is not as glorious a pursuit as we may have imagined. But most of all we learned that our enemies aren't all Nazis or zealots or villains. The poor fellows freezing in the trenches are human beings just like us.
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I like this movie, Jui 20 2003
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I can't comment too much on the historical accuracy of this film. What I do know, however, is that I truly enjoyed it. It really made be feel for what it would be like to starve and/or freeze in the middle of nowhere with no help in sight. The lost cause. Always an interesting premise.
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Its Hard to Empathize with Nazi Storm Troopers But...., Mars 14 2003
The director here does a good job. If there was a hell on Earth this it. Men at war are often depicted as one dimensional goons looking for glory and riches and who know's what else. How much more so German soldiers? Unlike allid soldiers who made a sacrifice these men and women were just sacrified for, what boils down to, a mad man's bent ideal. I'll stop well short of defending their actions. What I'll say is this movie does not strip any of the characters of their humanity. The viewer begins to have more contempt for the circumstances than any of the characters. Horribly accurate in its outcome, I'm giving this film 4 stars for its potential to provoke empathy.
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Realistic War Film with an Anti-War Message, Janv. 19 2003
The production team of "Das Boot" (Dir. Wolfgang Petersen, 1981; Dir. cut, 1997) again paints a human face on Hitler's war machine with this gut retching film: Stalingrad. The film follows a platoon of German "Stormtroopers" from a comfortable R & R on the Mediterranean to the horrors of the Russian front. The result is an anti-war message every bit as powerful as All Quiet on the Western Front.The film's protagonist is a young lieutenant (Thomas Kretschmann) sent to replace the former platoon officer who was wounded in action. He is not a die-hard Nazi, however, initially he is full of discipline and military bearing. As in other films of this genre, the young officer soon finds that military protocol as well as gentlemanly rules of war do not apply in combat, particularly on the Russian front. After the first major battle for the tractor factory, the story begins to focus on the ever dwindling platoon. The nucleus of which consists of the Lieutenant, Fritz (Dominique Horwitz), the sergeant (Joachim Nickel), and a raw recruit Gege (Sabastian Rudolph). The group soon finds themselves fighting both the enemy and an officer corp bent on carrying out Hitler's futile orders at any cost. The latter is exemplified in a corrupt Captain (Karl Hermanck) who acts as the film's villain.The main theme of the film is survival. Unlike Das Boot, there is no sense of daring adventure among the platoon, only hopes of returning to Germany alive. The battle scenes are exciting and realistic. The scene where six authentic Russian T-34 tanks attack the dug-in platoon on a frozen steppe is well done, although the film makers included far too few Russian infantry for protection. There is enough severed limbs and blood on the snow to add realism. One gruesome scene in particular during the tank attack, a German soldier accidentally runs in the path of an anti-tank round and is completely cut in two. He lives long enough to view the lower half of his body lying next to his bloody torso. After the Germans are completely surrounded and cut off from all food and supplies, the last remaining four survivors realize they are doomed to either languish in Siberia or die. They decide, with the help of a female Russian soldier to escape the encirclement themselves. The ending will surprise those who have been drawn to the last four members of the platoon. The film achieves its aim of showing how political ideology is absent from the battlefield. One has to almost be reminded that the cannon fodder at Stalingrad represented two totalitarian regimes that condoned terror and murder on an unprecedented scale. Originally in German with English subtitles, the DVD offers an English dub that is not distracting. Decent acting, good sets and realism are the strengths and Stalingrad deserves a hearty recommendation.
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Real History, Oct. 30 2002
As a war historian this movie shows the true depiction of what war is like. There are no heroes as in Saving Private Ryan or any John Wayne movie. This story leaves you with a sense of empathy for those soliders who were sacrificed at the gates of Stalingrad. By hte way if your looking for a nice, well acted clean movie you probably would not like tis one.
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Das Boot on land, Aoû 27 2002
A gut wrenching depiction of the German army's defeat at Stalingrad. The film focuses on an elite unit of German strom troops. It starts with the unit on R&R in Italy. Ten minutes into the film the unit has suffered 90 percent casualties and their plight goes down hill from there. There are numerous scenes that portray the brutality of that particular battle, and by inference all of the war on the eastern front. As in Das Boot, all pretense of glory and honor is blown away. The scene where the protagonist, formerly an idealist , fakes injury in order to be medially evacuated really hits hard. The film seems to lose its way after that. The scenes with the well supplied officer and his captured love slave (who is the same gal the protagonist encountered earlier in the sewers) really goes overboard. The film makes no apologies and offers no rationalization. This is a common theme of blaming the insanity of combat on the officers, but in this case it rings false. The wehrmacht captain who floats in and out of the story is probably more realistically portrayed. His line that "he owed us that" after one of his soldiers is sacrificed for marginal gain reflects a grim pragmatism that the wehrmacht faced as they experienced defeat upon defeat. All in all a depressing but important work on the second world war.
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