A terrifying great film that will shake you

Rating: 9/10 (23 March 2018)

For those interested in WW2 or not, this movie is a masterpiece and for a change not made by Hollywood, but a high budget film made by one of the the nations that has had to deal with the madness and suffering of this pointless slaughter at the eastern front.
It may frighten American/British viewers not used to subtitles, but do not miss it because of that.
It has among the greatest younger generation of German actors in their early roles before Hollywood careers (Thomas Kretschmann!).
This really brings out the futility of this campaign and focuses mainly on the Wehrmacht, not psychotic Waffen SS-stereotypes.
It is painful to watch, yes, mostly focused on a platoon, certain character portraits from the German side, not the Russian side, but is in no way glorifying or justifying the Nazi ideology.
It's just a very realistic, gruesome portrait of the insanity of war and waste of human lives.
Do not miss out on this one!