Stalingrad Summary/Review

Stalingrad is a 1993 film by Joseph Vilsmaier, which depicts the horrors of combat on the Eastern Front of World War II. Throughout the movie, a platoon of German Army soldiers make their way from Italy, where they enjoyed some time off, to Russia, where they find themselves in a brutal and gruesome battle of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most important battles in WWII where the Russian soldiers and winter defeated the German forces. During the movie, the men of the platoon face many challenges that exist in urban warfare, including being arrested for threatening a doctor after one of their men is injured. They are punished by being sent away to kill tanks in Siberia but eventually make their way back to the front. In the end, they become weary of the atrocities of battle and decide to desert and try to return home.
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