Stalingrad the book

Rating: 7/10 (1 April 2004)

I saw parts of this film a couple of years back, and I thought it wasn't too bad. I just finished reading the great book called Stalingrad. Now I want to watch the film again, to see whether the historical facts are true to some extent. There was an actual sniper hero called Zaitsev, and Paulus was the commander of the 6th army. There also were other facts. Why weren't the allied countries more aware of the Stalingrad victory? I never thought of it as great as it actually was, because this was the first major setback for Nazi Germany. I didn't think of the movie as that great, I gave it a 7/10. But.. I found it fascinating and it was filled with action, so I really want to watch it again now after having read the book, which also is very recommendable.