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Stalingrad Details

1992

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Starring	Dominique Horwitz, Sebastian Rudolph, Jochen Nickel, Thomas Kretschmann
Director	Joseph Vilsmaier
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

Stalingrad

This German battlefield drama, released on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the climactic 1943 defeat of the Nazi forces at Stalingrad in Russia, does not paint a pretty picture either of war itself or of the Germans fighting in that war. Out of hundreds of thousands of previously victorious German soldiers who took part in this most crucial battle of WWII, a mere six thousand ruined men survived. Today, the word Stalingrad is used by Germans to signify any particularly ruinous reversal or defeat. In the story, the lives of several German soldiers are followed as they are transformed from arrogant and victorious killers into demoralized cowards who will do anything at all in order to survive, usually without success. Due to a political climate of resurgent sympathy for the fascists at the time this film was made, is was particularly important to the filmmakers to show the soldiers as lacking any shred of military dignity or real courage. Thus, though this big budget, well-made film did well in Germany, its lack of any truly sympathetic characters made it less popular elsewhere.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Starring	Dominique Horwitz, Sebastian Rudolph, Jochen Nickel, Thomas Kretschmann, Martin Benrath, Sylvester Groth, Dana Vavrova
Director	Joseph Vilsmaier
Studio	ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 12 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	Japanese
Released	Production year: 1992 To Rent: DVD: 22 Oct 2001

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- An impressive, downbeat account, from the viewpoint of a lieutenant and his troop, of an attempt to survive the depredations of the harsh Russian winter and of their own officers.
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  No Hollywood heroics in this brutal depiction of war.
  
  I agree with most of the other reviewers, this should have been subtitled instead of dubbed. However I don't agree that this is a poor film. As an Eastern... read more »
  
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  awful version of the film
  
  No idea what the film itself is like as there was no English subtitles only terrible dubbing. In my opinion a waste of time being on your list if you want to ... read more »
  
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  if you're a fan of war films you'll love this. It really caught the epic struggle that was Stalingrad for the ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Sep 2011 at 22:16
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  A great film, just not this version
  
  This film is a fantastic and harrowing depiction of a group of German soldiers fighting in the Russian Front during WWII. As brilliant as the film is, do not ... read more »
  
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  This German battlefield drama, released on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the climactic 1943 defeat of the Nazi forces at Stalingrad in Russia, does not paint a pretty picture either of war itself or of the Germans fighting in that war. Out of hundreds of thousands of previously ...