Much too one-sided

Rating: 2/10 (11 May 2010)

For me as a German, the movie "Stalingrad" was disappointing as it fails to give a three-dimensional image of the Stalingrad battle.
The Stalingrad battle is presented only from the German perspective and not once from the Russian one. Thus, ironically, the Germans are indirectly portrayed as the victims whereas the Russians are presented as the faceless enemy. It is almost forgotten throughout the movie that the Germans actually are the invaders and that the Russians are defending their own country. What is therefore missing is a depiction of the suffering of the civilian population and the Russian soldiers.
The battle scenes, however, are well-produced and seem realistic from a technical and historical viewpoint and overall manage to portray the futility of the battle.
To sum it up, the movie fails to give a three-dimensional image of the Stalingrad battle and therefore to some degree distorts the historical facts.