the magnitude of the stalingrad tragedy be concisely present in the end note of the movie represent in the battle of stalingrad and more than one million people be kill in action and froze to death or die of starvation represent russian and romanian and italian and hungarian and german and austrian . of the 260 and 000 surround men of the sixth army and 91 and 00o be take prisoner and of whom only 6 and 000 return to their homeland and year later . what the story do not tell be that fieldmarshall paulus and who surrender and do not share all the hardship of the captivity of his men . he have a special treatment a the high ranking prisonner take by the soviet army . when and during his presence at the nuremberg trial he be ask about the fate of the 91 and 000 prisoner and he declare that they be fine . he be free after the war and die in the east germany . the film only present the first part of the tragedy and the actual battle of stalingrad . however and for an entire picture and the fate of the 91 and 000 prisonners should also not be forget .