Response

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2002)

This is a good movie because we so rarely get to see the other side of the story which in most cases is far more intresting and relevant. This showed the true brutality of what went on at Stalingrad and although I was not there I would think it resembled the image this movie created.
As a response to some earlier posts where people said they didn't like this movie because it attempted to humanize the German soldiers. Well guess what despite what you may think they were humans it is a proven fact. The average German soldier was not a Nazi nor did they have a great urge to fight and die in Russia. They were merely obeying orders from the high command as were the Russians, Americans, British, Italians, Japanese and the many other nations that participated in the war. The German soldiers as well as everyone else that fought and died for their country deserve to be respected equally whether friend or foe.
Back to the movie I feel the actors did a good job of portraying the German soldiers who were broken down to the point of destruction. The movie was well filmed and has created an accurate vision of what Stalingrad was like. I would give it a 9 out of 10.