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 enlarge | Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Actors: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová
Studio: Fox Lorber
Category: DVD
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Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 2296
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D5036D
ISBN: 6305037280
UPC: 720917503622
EAN: 9786305037286
ASIN: 6305037280
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
Release Date: November 3, 1998
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 Stalingrad November 10, 2006
Mr. Peter C. Mckenzie
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Many years ago I read the book "The Forgotten Soldier". Simply put it is the five year journey of a real life soldier who serves in the German Army during the War and survives to tell his tale... He missed being caught in the noose that was Stalingrad by two weeks.... The soldiers depicted in this story did not... This movie best captures the closing line of the Poem by Wilfred Owen and I quote:
"My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori*
*It is sweet and fitting to die for one's native land.
Very good movie November 7, 2006
Luis (Chile)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this movie both to WWII movie fans and to anyone who likes war themes. The movie is well acted and the director makes a very good job in recreating a credible atmosphere on the streets and buildings during the battle for Stalingrad. Note, however, that this is not a movie for those wishing to see Tom Hanks or heros alike. In the same vein, try "Winter War" as well.
Great Movie. One of my favorites of all time!! November 5, 2006
Erik Williams (White Plains, NY United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite war movies ever. Made me feel like I was there, in the burning ruins with them. Sad ending but what other way could it have gone?! Nice recreations of battles in the city and the Steppe. The English dubbed version is really well done too.
Stalingrad- or the end of the line for many November 4, 2006
David W. Doppes (Columbus, Ohio)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This movie is one of the greatest war movies ever. That is not an over- statement. If you have any interest in WW2 and want to see what it was really like on the eastern front in brutal Stalingrad Russia, then this is the movie to see. It feels real and is a complete mightmare, but you can;t take your eyes off the screen. Its like a great novel, with visual intensity. The acting and directing of this German film are top shelf. Its almost like they don't know the cameras are rolling, and it really is 1940's Russia.
It starts off so well for the Germans, as we see them celebrating a rare day off from the horrors of war in Italy. They are fresh off a victory in North Africa and are to be deployed in Russia to take over the vital supply line that Stalingrad affords its Russian forces.
As soon as the fighting begins the horror takes ahold of the German platoon. You can see the looks on their faces scene after scene, when they begin to realize that this is one battle that is not going to be victorious. To further hamper the the grim reality of their surroundings the winter soon takes an icy grip on the unit as well as a beginning hatred for their superior officers. This is one of the interesting aspects of this film. They seem to hate the officers as much as their enemy. And the officers being to lose command and control of the platoon, as they try deperately to intimidate the men to see things "the fuhrer's way".
Cold and ominous, this film has the exact feeling you would expect for this battle, and circumstance. 5 stars - probably the best war film of all time.
Up there with Das Boot September 17, 2006
R9 (Sacramento, CA USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Compelling story from a "small cadre of individuals" perspective.
I have read a fair number of books on Stalingrad and the war in the East, and have learned beyond question that was where the war was won or lost. It was in the bottom of the eigth inning when Normandy took place. Very few educated citizen of modern America have a clue that Germany was about bled out when we entered. Normandy was about two years off when this epic stuggle took place. It would be nice to see more recognition in movies or other media that Russia stood essentially alone for years bearing almost the full brunt of the Werhrmacht.
So this is clearly a 5-star movie, but I have a couple of quibbles:
Firstly, that scene at the end where a huge cache of food and supplies hidden for the sole use German higher-ups and somehow uncovered by the little guys is just pure BS!! Read the first-person accounts! The survivors to a man report on how their officers suffered along with everybody else. There are simply no accounts of this stash and I have no idea how it helps the movie other than to make some faux-ironic political point about how little guys are trampled by higher-ups. Crap.
The other quibble is that by focusing soley on the small cadre thing, you could almost get the impression that this was a small action!! It is the biggest single battle in human history, certainly in the toll of lives lost. They focus so much on the drama of these guys that you just can't see the background unless you read a few books. I don't guess they had the money to re-enact the fight for the railway station, much less the Mamayev Kurgan, but man, there just seems to lack any depth of this incredible mass background for the individual struggles.
The fact is, if you want the full sweeping human drama of Stalingrad you have to READ and read some more. When it sinks in, you will be staggered, and your personal problems will seem rather trite.
It still gets 5 stars as the merits outweigh these points by such a margin.
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