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Rating: 9/10 (18 October 2006)

The worst thing that happened to this movie was the date it was released in theatres here in Europe.
I have to admit that when I saw this movie in the theatre it was shortly after I'd seen "Saving Private Ryan". That made me not like the movie that much as I was still under the awe (if I may call it like that) of SPR. I came out of the cinema a bit disappointed.
Several years later I bought the DVD second hand. After a few month in the shelf I watched it and I have to say it's a piece of art. The directing, the music, the pictures are wonderful (as far as one can say that about a war movie). It's the only war movie I saw that doesn't only show war but also what the soldiers were thinking, how the same situation had a very different impact on the different people. Why some of them did the things they did, heroic or horrible.
If you're in for a philosophical trip, ..... don't miss this one out.