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Stalingrad | 
 enlarge | Directors: Jörg Müllner, Christian Deick, Sebastian Dehnhardt
Studio: Synapse Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 11121
Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: German (Original Language), Russian (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 165
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 53
UPC: 654930305393
EAN: 0654930305393
ASIN: B000F48DCS
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: June 27, 2006
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Stalingrad The Eastern Front experienced the viciousness of war on a scale of unimaginable horror and brutality. The bloodiest and most savage fighting took place in Stalingrad between August 1942 and February 1943. Stalin's city on the Volga had military significance for Hitler. It carried the name of his enemy and therefore had to be destroyed. The ensuing battle sealed the fates of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and marked the turning point of World War 11. It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. In their 3 part 16:9 HDTV, documentary filmmakers Sebastian Dehnhardt, Christian Deick and Jorg Mullner reveal new historical facts while touching the emotions of their audience with new, moving eyewitness accounts and confessions from some of the last survivors. Filmed from both the German and Russian perspective, the series contains footage shot by soldiers during the siege. The Russian achives opened their doors to the filmmakers, granting them exclusive access to previously unreleased material. The series also contains digitally restored archive film as well as 3-D animation to recreate the city of Stalingrad and plot the course of its destruction. Originally broadcast in both Germany and Russia in slightly truncated editions, this Special Edition DVD contains all three Stalingrad documentaries including The ATTACK (54 min.), THE KESSEL (56 min.) and THE DOOM (55 min.) in their original uncut forms and a wealth of extra supplementary materials.
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 Stalingrad DVD December 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An interesting DVD perhaps a bit light on historical fact and detail but providing a good "layman's" overview of the battle with excellent footage. The interviews with the Russian and German veterans were very good but good have been improved by naming them and placing them in their historical context. Subtitles would have been better than dubbing for the interviews. Overall, worth watching for the footage and overview it provides
 An excellent work November 25, 2007
This documentary looks at the Battle of Stalingrad, a pivotal moment in World War II. The forced surrender of an entire German army for the first time in history set the stage for Nazi Germany's ultimate defeat. While rather vague on some details which are well documented, the interviews of German and Soviet survivors of the battle are touching and bring the tragedy of this bloody battle as close to us as we will ever get.
The use of archival film throughout the documentary was very good but it seemed to reuse some of it. The employment of stills (of which there are thousands upon thousands) might have made it a bit better.
Certainly better than the five minute discussion normally reserved for Stalingrad in other documentaries of the war.
 Don't bother October 22, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you already know anything about the battle for Stalingrad, you'll learn nothing new watching this documentary. Marred by the poor quality voice-over (along with awkward translations, how does Armeegruppe B get translated into "military unit B"? - good grief, it's Army Group B.) No attempt is made to present any sort of chronology, what few maps we see are uninformative, and the military situation isn't put into context. We're led to believe that the 6th army was left to die just to serve Hitler's vanity, but there's ample reason to believe that had the 6th Army fought its way out, the whole of Army Group B could have been cut off in the Caucasus - a far worse catastrophe. But the entire issue isn't even discussed. The Russian offensive maneuver that trapped the 6th Army is a military classic, and it's hardly mentioned, much less shown on a map. The old soldiers being interviewed aren't identified. Here's a test - interview any former private from any army at any time in history, they'll all agree that all of their generals were idiots. This is no substitute for historical analysis, and while the average veteran might be a reliable source for events that occurred in his platoon, he might not be equally reliable when discussing decisions made at some far-away Army headquarters. The film does contain some interesting film footage, but you have to endure quite a bit to see it. Overall, if you're already someone who could locate Stalingrad on a map - don't bother.
Detailed Hystorical war Documentary July 12, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm very impressed to view this emotional documentary about Stalingrad german's defeat. The movie's director take care for good images and interviews. Anyone have fun for war review must see it.
Good but could have been so much better May 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recommend this film, but I think it could have been better. We need maps-- Where are the landmarks-- Red Barricades. Crossing 62. The Tractor Factory. The Brickworks. The only landmark we hear of in all three hours, other than the airstrips, is "the basement of a department store." Surely the script allowed for mention of the well-known landmarks. Viewers who have read a book on Stalingrad will feel lost.
The narrator tells us that the airstrips are overrun-- then later we hear of Ju-52s landing at Pitomnik and Gumrak-- So after Kalach, there are other airstrips-- where are the maps that show what's going on? And how many times do we need to hear that the airstrips were chaotic? Seems like we heard that about every five minutes throughout the last two episodes. Was the story about the four officers in white fur coats believable?-- Forcing the pilot at gunpoint to leave the 17 wounded on the ground and take off with only the four officers? What goes through a pilot's mind at that point-- how about: "If they shoot me, how are they then going to get away?" Must we hear about this one flight, and not the thousands of others? I'm sure there were better examples than that, to make whatever point the directors were trying to make-- which seems to be that the Wehrmacht officer corps were all cowards.
There are other good sources on Stalingrad. Read The Forsaken Army, by Heinrich Gerlach. See the 1993 German film 'Stalingrad' first. See Pekinpah's Cross of Iron, see The Winter War (Talvisota) 1989, directed by Parikka. Also Come and See (1989), directed by Klimov. Read Willi Heinrich. Read Heinrich Böll. Read Barbarossa by Alan Clark. Read The Hinge of Fate by Winston Churchill. Read Anthony Beevor. Read The Road to Stalingrad by Benno Zieser.
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