| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Dominique Horwitz |
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| Thomas Kretschmann |
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| Jochen Nickel |
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| Sebastian Rudolph |
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| Dana Vávrová |
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| Martin Benrath |
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| Sylvester Groth |
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| Karel Hermánek |
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| Heinz Emigholz |
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| Ferdinand Schuster |
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| Rachel Weisz |
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| Bob Hoskins |
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| Ed Harris |
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| Ron Perlman |
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| Eva Mattes |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Director |
Sebastian Dehnhardt; Christian Deick; Joseph Vilsmaier; Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Producer |
Leopold Hoesch; Jean-Jacques Annaud |
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| Language |
German |
| Audience Rating |
NR (Not Rated) |
| Running Time |
156 mins |
| Country |
Germany |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
8.1 |
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| Plot |
| It's tempting to call this harrowing picture a World War II version of All Quiet on the Western Front: both films take the perspective of ordinary German soldiers at ground level. Stalingrad surveys the misery of the battle of Stalingrad, the winter siege that cost the lives of almost one and a half million people, Russian defenders and German invaders alike. Not unlike Spielberg's approach to Saving Private Ryan, German director Joseph Vilsmaier rarely steps outside the action to comment on the higher purpose of the war, assuming the audience is aware of the evil of the Nazi regime. Instead, we simply follow a group of soldiers as they endure a series of gut-wrenching episodes, events which have the tang of authenticity and horror. Vilsmaier has a taste for symbolism and surreal touches, which only add to the unsettling sense of insanity this movie conjures up so well. --Robert Horton |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
718 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
IMDB
Amazon US
Amazon Fr
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| User Lookup 1 |
DivX6 |
| User Text 1 |
En Fr |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
2 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.66:1 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
720917503622 |
| Release Date |
03/11/1998 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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