What Can Be Said? Perfect...

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2005)

The end of the Third Reich, in its purest form, without taking sides and making comments and with the highest standard of acting and cinematography; this was all we need for years.
I have heard that in Germany there had been a great debate about this film if it showed Hitler from a humanitarian side.We saw that it just showed him just as he is. But the most interesting thing that we haven't seen in any other WWII movie before is the portrayal of Waffen SS and Wehrmacht soldiers as ordinary soldiers, not like monsters or unskilled and unexperienced soldiers in Hollywood movies before.
Besides this we see that the best acting of battle hardened German officer characters are played by Germans themselves. It would be better if the battle scenes would be much more.
Definitely a masterpiece...