Stalingrad - the movie

[Bat's Arse]

Anybody got this fine film? I bought it last week and without a doubt it's one of the most harrowing films I've ever seen. Forget 'Saving Private Ryan', this is the most graphic display of carnage I've seen in a film and it really captures the utter hell that was the Eastern Front. It's worth noting that 'Stalingrad' was made by the same people who made 'The Boat', and as well as the vicious house-to-house and underground sewer fighting there's a really nasty infantry-vs-tanks battle as well. All the vehicles, aircraft and equipment are 100% genuine too (no badly disguised Shermans pretending to be T34s, for instance). Ayone who thinks real war is somehow 'fun' will change their minds after seeing this...

[Ghost [Borg]]

Nope - But next time I'm down the viedo shop - I'll have a look out for it :)

[LAH]

Yep got it too but I wish they would subtitle the film than dub it, made by Germans which is surprising for that sort of movie.

['Johnnie' Johnson]

Have to keep an eye out for that. Missus can't cope with your average war film though, even Kelly's Heroes does her head in, so I'll be watching it on my own.

[334th Lenagh]

Its a great film and it has been out for a long time. But like you say becuase it is a german film its hard to track down.

[Hellraisermk2]

I'm pretty sure I could track this film down for anyone and post it to them?

[Sgt H0MER]

Is this the same film that was out a few years ago, at about the same time Hollywood was into Vietnam films, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, etc?

I remember watching a foreign, possibly German, dubbed film called Stalingrad back then, based on a squad caught up in the turmoil of the seige. Maybe this is a remake, or just repackaged?

[Bat's Arse]

It was made in 1992 and it does sound like the one Homer is talking about.

As to tracking it down, go to http://www.blackstar.co.uk

They've got it in stock and it'll probaly ship in a day or two. Well worth getting.

[PAZZI]

If you're interested in that battle, you MUST read "Stalingrad" by Anthony Beevor (Penguin Books).

[tinvek]

what was that film about the german retreat called that starred james mason and james coburn (i think)

that was pretty grim.

another good one was "all quiet on the wester front" with earnest bourgine (spelling ?) and johnboy walton. that was grim, especially the trench fighting using shovels and bayonets

i seem to recal reading about a russians memories of the fighting in stallingrad and how he spent 3 months fighting, eating, sleeping and sh1ting in a trench which was 10ft away from the german trench, shooting, throwing and catching grenades etc 24hrs a day the whole time.

now that would be terror.

[GibsonXXI]

is it on DVD bats?