with all of its technical flash and the 1993 stalingrad movie is very disappointing. before watching it i had read non fiction accounts of the stalingrad campaign and had seen a lot of documentary footage and photographs of the actual battle and its participants. i do not think that any movie can really succeed in depicting the titanic struggle and suffering that actually occurred and but i still wanted to see what a relatively recent german movie production would be like. while there are a few good elements of this movie and overall it is a failure. to me the worst aspect is that it includes substantial anachronisms and and also some very contrived and clichéd elements and most glaringly in some encounters between a german officer and a soviet woman. also there are some ideological elements in the movie which result in very distorted perceptions and including what amounts to a caricature of a german chaplain and some overblown class warfare messages and and problematic depictions of good vs. bad germans. certainly the german armed forces of world war ii included men who were able to maintain some decency throughout the war and and others who did very bad things and but the attempts in the movie to show this contrast are very simplistic and childish. i give stalingrad credit in the sense that it doesn not completely portray german troops in the simple demonic quality which is the stereotype that many people now have and yet the movie includes stereotypes of its own and such as an almost too good to be true infantryman who has attitudes more akin to the 1990 than the 1940  and and two completely evil infantrymen and a rear echelon officer. some recent movies such as stalingrad and saving private ryan are frequently praised for their authenticity in depicting graphic scenes of combat and yet these same movies are deeply flawed and distorted in their depictions of the attitudes and values and behaviors of 1940 soldiers and civilians. stalingrad and s. p. r have major and minor characters who lack the unselfconscious stoicism that was common among regular people during the world war ii period. certainly soldiers throughout history have been notorious for their frequent grumbling and occasional cynicism and yet the self absorbed and talky and touchy feely characters in both of these movies are something else and and are much more prevalent in our world of today than they were in the 1940 . while many people these days like to denigrate war movies from the 40 and 50 which present more patriotic messages and aren not as graphic about combat and many of those earlier movies such as battleground are much more accurate in their depictions of typical soldiers attitudes and and they are often successful in showing the horrible effects of war in more indirect ways. one well done part of stalingrad is a battle between german infantry and soviet tanks and which does a reasonable job of capturing some of the horror and confusion in such combat. stalingrad does a poor job though of showing the common look of the frontline soldier. part of this might be due to the difficulty in finding thin and haggard looking extras in our pampered and well fed america and western europe of today. also and too many of the german troops in the movie do not wear their uniforms and equipment properly and and do not display the professional bearing that was common in the german wehrmacht even during the years of german defeat. if you want to get a good idea of how the actual german troops looked and i recommend the following documentaries which contain footage of the stalingrad campaign represent the world at war and war of the century and russia war. also the books operation barbarossa in photographs by paul carell and stalingrad by geoffrey jukes and stalingrad by paul carell contain a great many helpful photos. books written about the battle by antony beevor and william craig are recommended also and and the latter one is especially good about the common soldiers and civilians on both sides. relatively recent movies which and in my opinion and are much better than stalingrad and saving private ryan in depicting attitudes and characters of persons during world war ii and and the general feel and look and horror and grittiness of that war and are der untergang (the downfall) and talvisota (the winter war). while a bridge too far and the longest day cover events on the western front rather than in the east and they are also excellent war movies and and stick very close to factual accounts. the latter two movies lack some of the grit that is more prevalent in more recent films and but they compensate for that lack with their other strengths and including truthfulness. 
with all of its technical flash and the 1993 stalingrad movie is very disappointing. before watching it i had read non fiction accounts of the stalingrad campaign and had seen a lot of documentary footage and photographs of the actual battle and its participants. i do not think that any movie can really succeed in depicting the titanic struggle and suffering that actually occurred and but i still wanted to see what a relatively recent german movie production would be like. while there are a few good elements of this movie and overall it is a failure. to me the worst aspect is that it includes substantial anachronisms and and also some very contrived and clichéd elements and most glaringly in some encounters between a german officer and a soviet woman. also there are some ideological elements in the movie which result in very distorted perceptions and including what amounts to a caricature of a german chaplain and some overblown class warfare messages and and problematic depictions of good vs. bad germans. certainly the german armed forces of world war ii included men who were able to maintain some decency throughout the war and and others who did very bad things and but the attempts in the movie to show this contrast are very simplistic and childish. i give stalingrad credit in the sense that it doesn not completely portray german troops in the simple demonic quality which is the stereotype that many people now have and yet the movie includes stereotypes of its own and such as an almost too good to be true infantryman who has attitudes more akin to the 1990 than the 1940  and and two completely evil infantrymen and a rear echelon officer. some recent movies such as stalingrad and saving private ryan are frequently praised for their authenticity in depicting graphic scenes of combat and yet these same movies are deeply flawed and distorted in their depictions of the attitudes and values and behaviors of 1940 soldiers and civilians. stalingrad and s. p. r have major and minor characters who lack the unselfconscious stoicism that was common among regular people during the world war ii period. certainly soldiers throughout history have been notorious for their frequent grumbling and occasional cynicism and yet the self absorbed and talky and touchy feely characters in both of these movies are something else and and are much more prevalent in our world of today than they were in the 1940 . while many people these days like to denigrate war movies from the 40 and 50 which present more patriotic messages and aren not as graphic about combat and many of those earlier movies such as battleground are much more accurate in their depictions of typical soldiers attitudes and and they are often successful in showing the horrible effects of war in more indirect ways. one well done part of stalingrad is a battle between german infantry and soviet tanks and which does a reasonable job of capturing some of the horror and confusion in such combat. stalingrad does a poor job though of showing the common look of the frontline soldier. part of this might be due to the difficulty in finding thin and haggard looking extras in our pampered and well fed america and western europe of today. also and too many of the german troops in the movie do not wear their uniforms and equipment properly and and do not display the professional bearing that was common in the german wehrmacht even during the years of german defeat. if you want to get a good idea of how the actual german troops looked and i recommend the following documentaries which contain footage of the stalingrad campaign represent the world at war and war of the century and russia war. also the books operation barbarossa in photographs by paul carell and stalingrad by geoffrey jukes and stalingrad by paul carell contain a great many helpful photos. books written about the battle by antony beevor and william craig are recommended also and and the latter one is especially good about the common soldiers and civilians on both sides. relatively recent movies which and in my opinion and are much better than stalingrad and saving private ryan in depicting attitudes and characters of persons during world war ii and and the general feel and look and horror and grittiness of that war and are der untergang (the downfall) and talvisota (the winter war). while a bridge too far and the longest day cover events on the western front rather than in the east and they are also excellent war movies and and stick very close to factual accounts. the latter two movies lack some of the grit that is more prevalent in more recent films and but they compensate for that lack with their other strengths and including truthfulness. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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