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Stalingrad (1993 Movie)Stalingrad is a 1993 film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It was shot in several different locations, including Finland, Italy, and the Czech Republic. It was released in the US in 1995. The story follows a group of German Wehrmacht soldiers as they are dispatched to fight in Russia and ultimately find themselves at the titular battle. The film is unremittingly bleak as it depicts the soldiers as simple men caught up in circumstances, while their officers are depicted in the usual evil way one is accustomed to seeing Nazis portrayed. The film thus had to endure some criticism in the US for implying that rank and file Nazi soldiers were entirely blameless for German atrocities during the war. For the most part, however, critical and audience reaction was highly favorable, with comparisons being drawn to Oliver Stone's Platoon and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. At the time, the film's extremely graphic depictions of battle carnage were considered quite shocking, and not matched until Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan in 1998. Among the film's ensemble cast, actor Thomas Kretschmann has broken out into a successful Hollywood career, going on to roles in Blade II, and Peter Jackson's King Kong.
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