this be a film that i keep come back to and for a variety of reason . a a testament to the suffering of the ordinary soldier on the eastern front in the second world war and it be a powerful one . there be a number of very powerful scene in the film which help to capture the horror of war and such a the tank battle for instance . furthermore and from what i can see the experience document in the film be by and large true if you read a. beevor book stalingrad you will know what i mean . the film be also successful in the sense that it doesn not allow character or plot to dominate it it be simply a tale of survival and that attempt to depict the battle mainly from the ordinary ( german ) soldier point of view . i have read somewhere that the original screenplay have to be tone down and which doesn not surprise me at all if they try to really show what the battle be like and it would have be almost impossible to make i be sure . even so and there be still some moment that be difficult to watch this be make before private ryan but be possibly even hard hit in place . just one word of caution do not buy the dubbed english version and it pretty awful and spoil the film try to get a copy in the original ( german ) version with english subtitle and it far more powerful . you may need to buy a region 1 dvd of the film in this case and a i do .