Well produced but..

Rating: 7/10 (28 March 2020)

"Stalingrad" tells the story of a group of German soldiers in the Second World War that begin their journey in Italy and later find themselves trapped in the cold Russian winter, surrounded by enemies.
There are many things to like about this film. The production looks very professional, the acting is fine and the film manages very good to show what an emotionally extreme situation this winter was for the average soldier. However, it is a bit misleading how they all turn their backs on nazism and more or less become heroes throughout the film. The truth is that far too few, almost none German soldiers at all turned their backs on the Nazis. And it is also false to act like only a few top-Nazis sent thousands of innocent soldiers to war, many of them were very convinced of the ideology themselves, did horrible things and were happy to fight for the Nazis.
All in all, this is a well produced and carried out movie that surely leaves you with a solid wish for peace in the world, however it gives a rather positive picture of the German army, that historical facts don't really support.