A Russian volunteer becomes a famous sniper and is regarded as a national hero by everyone. The movie tells the story of the sniper Vasily Zaitsev.

Rating: 5/10 (24 October 2013)

Completely historically inaccurate movie, the plot is more or less acceptable. The main shortcoming was the horrible script and the lack of historical accuracy. If you're looking for something that would give you a good idea of Stalingrad, this movie is not it. As a piece of entertainment, it is average, although the dialog was, as previously mentioned, below satisfactory. Intellectual statements are present as well, which gives the impression that the movie was more meant as a mockery, although that's not its intention. The names given to characters are nothing but names, the characters do not represent the real people. False myths are persistent in the movie, such as the myth that there was 1 rifle per 2 people, although that's not true. I must stress the fact that this movie is not meant as a biographical piece. Overall this movie deserves a 5/10 at best.