I have seen it at the berlin festival. It shows the brutality of war.

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2001)

I have seen it at the berlin festival. It shows the brutality and absolute hopeless situation of the russian army at war in Stalingrad. It has strong pictures. It certainly is interesting to see how the american audience will react on this new information: that other nation have fought Hitler as well as america! With greater losses and more sufferings! The film got some stupid critics. Some people seem to think a film is worse if it costs money. This is not the case. A film should try to earn his investment and make profit, if possible. Small money is money too, and some countries support an industry that doesn´t even try to earn its cost´s on the market. It is a well made film. Wolf Kruegers and Neil Lamonts art work is impressive. They did get war on the screen! My problem with this film is the reduction on 2 snipers. I would have been interested to see more about the living situation of the opponents. Even if it is a true story, is it possible to reduce all moral and ethnic terms on who shoots better ? Sorry for my bad english. Toni