Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)

Original title

Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben

Directed by

Frank Wisbar

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

12

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

German soldiers struggle to survive the brutal Battle of Stalingrad. The film follows their physical and emotional collapse under freezing conditions and relentless combat.

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What happens

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (German: Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben) is a 1959 West German war film directed by Frank Wisbar and based on the eponymous novel by Fritz Wöss. The movie revolves around the Battle of Stalingrad. The title is drawn from Frederick the Great's words when he saw his soldiers fleeing at Kolin: "You cursed rascals, do you want to live forever?" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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