Best World War Two War Film???

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2007)

An awesome film, I first saw it on telly about 20 years ago-As a big fan of Sven Hassle books this absolutely blew me away...A real idea of how the Eastern Front was, lots of gore, nudity, action and pathos...All a fourteen year old boy needs in a war movie.. Since then have watched it on video, TV and DVD many times..Each time though it seems to have been slightly edited in a different way-cutting out some of the violence or sex...(What is the definitive version available?)Still highly enjoyable with a cracking, odd and nihilistic ending-- One question I have is: the boy with the harmonica is he played by a boy or a girl??? Although it does have some inaccuracies- I.E T34-85's rather than 76's and corsairs rather than Sturmoviks I think the director (the late great Sam Pekinpah) can be forgiven. Anyone who has seen Saving Private Ryan and enjoyed it should give this film a go--Much better storyline and in some ways more engaging and atmospheric...