with all of it technical flash and the 1993 stalingrad movie be very disappointing . before watch it i have read non fiction account of the stalingrad campaign and have see a lot of documentary footage and photograph of the actual battle and it participant . i do not think that any movie can really succeed in depict the titanic struggle and suffering that actually occur and but i still want to see what a relatively recent german movie production would be like . while there be a few good element of this movie and overall it be a failure . to me the bad aspect be that it include substantial anachronism and and also some very contrived and clichéd element and most glaringly in some encounter between a german officer and a soviet woman . also there be some ideological element in the movie which result in very distorted perception and include what amount to a caricature of a german chaplain and some overblown class warfare message and and problematic depiction of good vs. bad german . certainly the german arm force of world war ii include men who be able to maintain some decency throughout the war and and others who do very bad thing and but the attempt in the movie to show this contrast be very simplistic and childish . i give stalingrad credit in the sense that it doesn not completely portray german troop in the simple demonic quality which be the stereotype that many people now have and yet the movie include stereotype of it own and such a an almost too good to be true infantryman who have attitude more akin to the 1990 than the 1940 and and two completely evil infantryman and a rear echelon officer . some recent movie such a stalingrad and save private ryan be frequently praise for their authenticity in depict graphic scene of combat and yet these same movie be deeply flaw and distort in their depiction of the attitude and value and behavior of 1940 soldier and civilian . stalingrad and s. p. r have major and minor character who lack the unselfconscious stoicism that be common among regular people during the world war ii period . certainly soldier throughout history have be notorious for their frequent grumbling and occasional cynicism and yet the self absorb and talky and touchy feely character in both of these movie be something else and and be much more prevalent in our world of today than they be in the 1940 . while many people these day like to denigrate war movie from the 40 and 50 which present more patriotic message and aren not a graphic about combat and many of those early movie such a battleground be much more accurate in their depiction of typical soldier attitude and and they be often successful in show the horrible effect of war in more indirect way . one well do part of stalingrad be a battle between german infantry and soviet tank and which do a reasonable job of capture some of the horror and confusion in such combat . stalingrad do a poor job though of show the common look of the frontline soldier . part of this might be due to the difficulty in find thin and haggard look extra in our pampered and well feed america and western europe of today . also and too many of the german troop in the movie do not wear their uniform and equipment properly and and do not display the professional bearing that be common in the german wehrmacht even during the year of german defeat . if you want to get a good idea of how the actual german troop look and i recommend the following documentary which contain footage of the stalingrad campaign represent the world at war and war of the century and russia war . also the book operation barbarossa in photograph by paul carell and stalingrad by geoffrey juke and stalingrad by paul carell contain a great many helpful photo . book write about the battle by antony beevor and william craig be recommend also and and the latter one be especially good about the common soldier and civilian on both side . relatively recent movie which and in my opinion and be much good than stalingrad and save private ryan in depict attitude and character of person during world war ii and and the general feel and look and horror and grittiness of that war and be der untergang ( the downfall ) and talvisota ( the winter war ) . while a bridge too far and the long day cover event on the western front rather than in the east and they be also excellent war movie and and stick very close to factual account . the latter two movie lack some of the grit that be more prevalent in more recent film and but they compensate for that lack with their other strength and include truthfulness .