bitterly disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2008)

when this film came out i was really looking forward to seeing it.finally 'the west' had got over the cold war and here was the chance to pay tribute on film to those russians who had fought and in millions died to defeat Hitler and his cohorts.the battle of stalingrad was the real turning point of world war 2.
this film manages to turn one of the most dramatic moments of world history into a trite love triangle.there is no time-line to the film.the duel between the snipers is pure fiction.this film disintegrates into the snipers equivalent of one-a-side football, i.e. the German sniper is shot so the russians win the battle.
one star for the opening river crossing and first battle,the rest is rubbish.