this movie basically is a very well made production and gives a good impression of a war situation and its effects on those involved. it always interesting to see the story from the other side for a change. this movie concentrates on a group of german soldiers who after fighting in the north africa campaign are send to stalingrad and russia and where one of the most notorious and bloodiest battles of ww ii is being fought. it interesting to see the other side of this battle and since we mainly just always see the germans simply as the villains. in this movie those villains are given an humane face and voice and it sort of makes you realize that the only true enemy in war is war itself and not necessarily those who youre fighting against. at first it kind of hard to concentrate on the movie because you always just have in the back of your mind that the german are the evil villains. but of course you get accustomed to it quickly and you soon adapt the germans as the main characters of the movie and you even start to care and be interested in them. the way this story is told isn not however the best. it hard to keep track of the story at times and as it jumps from the one sequence and location to the other. the movie isn not always logic in its storytelling and features a bit too many sequences that remain too vague. it also is most of the time pretty hard to keep the characters apart and see who is who. it doesn not always makes this movie an easy on to watch but than again on the other hand and there are plenty enough sequences and moments present in this movie to make it worthwhile and an interesting one and just not the most coherent one around. in that regard hollywood movies are always better than european movies. the production values are high and features some good looking sets and locations and though the movie wasn not even shot in russia itself. it helps to create a good war time situation atmosphere. the character are mostly interesting although perhaps a tad bit formulaic. but i do not know and for some reason formulaic characters always work out fine in war movies and strenghtens the drama and realism. it also helps that theyre being played by well cast actors. all of the actors aren not the best known actors around (thomas kretschmann was also at the time still a fairly unknown actor) but each of them fit their role well and gives its characters an unique face and personality. all in all not the best or most consistent ww ii drama around but definitely worth a look and due to its original approach of the german side of the battle of stalingrad and its good production values. positive . 
this movie basically is a very well made production and gives a good impression of a war situation and its effects on those involved. it always interesting to see the story from the other side for a change. this movie concentrates on a group of german soldiers who after fighting in the north africa campaign are send to stalingrad and russia and where one of the most notorious and bloodiest battles of ww ii is being fought. it interesting to see the other side of this battle and since we mainly just always see the germans simply as the villains. in this movie those villains are given an humane face and voice and it sort of makes you realize that the only true enemy in war is war itself and not necessarily those who youre fighting against. at first it kind of hard to concentrate on the movie because you always just have in the back of your mind that the german are the evil villains. but of course you get accustomed to it quickly and you soon adapt the germans as the main characters of the movie and you even start to care and be interested in them. the way this story is told isn not however the best. it hard to keep track of the story at times and as it jumps from the one sequence and location to the other. the movie isn not always logic in its storytelling and features a bit too many sequences that remain too vague. it also is most of the time pretty hard to keep the characters apart and see who is who. it doesn not always makes this movie an easy on to watch but than again on the other hand and there are plenty enough sequences and moments present in this movie to make it worthwhile and an interesting one and just not the most coherent one around. in that regard hollywood movies are always better than european movies. the production values are high and features some good looking sets and locations and though the movie wasn not even shot in russia itself. it helps to create a good war time situation atmosphere. the character are mostly interesting although perhaps a tad bit formulaic. but i do not know and for some reason formulaic characters always work out fine in war movies and strenghtens the drama and realism. it also helps that theyre being played by well cast actors. all of the actors aren not the best known actors around (thomas kretschmann was also at the time still a fairly unknown actor) but each of them fit their role well and gives its characters an unique face and personality. all in all not the best or most consistent ww ii drama around but definitely worth a look and due to its original approach of the german side of the battle of stalingrad and its good production values. positive . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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