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Stalingrad (1993)

Stalingrad poster
Directed by
Joseph Vilsmaier
Genre
drama film, war film, anti-war film
Country
Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden
Runtime
2h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 637 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of German soldiers get sent to the Eastern Front during World War II. They end up trapped in the brutal Battle of Stalingrad and struggle to survive.

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What happens

Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It follows a platoon of German Army soldiers transferred to the Eastern Front of World War II, where they find themselves fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad. The film is the second German movie to portray the Battle of Stalingrad. It was preceded by the 1959 Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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