Set in 1943 when the Nazis lost 350,000 soldiers while the Russians lost three-quarters of a million defending their city, this film follows a platoon of likeable German soldiers as they fight every inch of the way, losing their humanity along the way. The film alternates between big battle scenes and deft characterisation as it constructs a damning indictment of war.
Apple TV: Customer Reviews
2014-11-12
Rubbish
If Germany wanted to make a really bad version of Band of Brothers, this would be it. Low budget, poor sets, lousy acting and a series of prosthetic severed limbs to try and introduce a little gore to move things along. No relation to the actual history of events, a smoothing of war crimes on both sides, little in the way of any value whatsoever.
2014-11-05
Superb
Intense gruesome depiction of the hell of Stalingrad
