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 enlarge | Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Actors: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vavrova
Studio: Fox Lorber
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 2784
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 150
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
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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 Forget about saving private Rian! March 11, 1999
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
when you've seen this movie, and compare Saving private Rian you realize where Spielberg got his idea from. Spielburg should at least split his oscars... But this movie is purer, more honest. No heroic actions in Stalingrad. Not even a Tom Hanks like character, who is in a way still the classic American hero. If Saving Private Rian blew you away, go see this one. Its better!
 Huge potential; saddly disappointing. March 4, 1999
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Folks, this is a light-weight film, predictably European in flavor. Some nice shots of German and Soviet equipment, a very nice battle scene...German soldiers fighting T-34s with only shaped charges to press their attack...but other than that its flat , sometimes boring. I know this will ruffle some feathers, and I mean no disrespect to the brave soldiers who were wasted in Stalingrad. Indeed, they deserve better than this. It's not even in the same ballpark as "All's Quiet on the Western Front" or "Saving Private Ryan." If you have studied the battle, and your are a fan of realism, you will be unhappy with this movie.
A Good Movie, from a non-american point of view February 24, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a military fan, and a frequent war movie watcher I could state that this movie clearly and crudely expresses the extreme odds that stood against the germans soldiers in the battle for the city of Stalingrad, and for survival. It involves the viewer with the personal experiences of each and every member of a german fighting platoon: hunger, cold, fear, anger and despair all caused by three enemies: the russians, the weather and the lack of vision and support of the german high command. They could have skipped yhe russian female soldier, though. As a non-american film, i.e. not biased by political or social point of views, I find Stalingrad to be an outstanding film, and reccomend it widely. As a fan and reader of Sven Hassel's books, i did find the descriptions of war horrors similar, between the film and the book. Again, i do strongly recomend it to all those serious military history,students and fans. The details in equipment, surroundings and ambientation are very good.
Thanks to the other reviewers for recommending this February 12, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A powerful, non-Hollywood, non-moviestar movie that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and numb, as indeed the battle of Stalingrad should. I'm so used to History Channel documentaries that I missed sweeping vistas of the city or of thousands of troops marching across the snowy steppes. Instead this film portrayed the Eastern Front on a totally personal level, as it followed the lives of a small group of soldiers. For a great companion book, please try the Forgotten Soldier. It's also about a German soldier on the Eastern Front and was highly recommended by our fellow reviewers. Next time you're outside on a freezing cold day, subtract 40 degrees and pretend your warm house or car is not closeby, but rather thousands of miles away, and we're perhaps an inch closer to what it may have been like. You'll feel the cold as you watch this movie...BRRRR.
war is a cold , de-humanizing hell... January 31, 1999
EXCELLENT!!!
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