i just recently saw this movie in hope of see an accurate portrayal of the bloody battle of the 20th century . i get what i have expect and so much more . just to think i come across this movie by luck and before i have never even heard of it . it a german film make in 1993 so i suppose i can not be surprise that it almost completely unknown to the modern american audience . it a shame cause this really be a remarkable film and i dare say that it a good if not well then platoon and full metal jacket and apocalypse now and and all quiet on the western front while all of which be iconic war movie . 1942 represent world war ii be in full swing . nazi germany have over run mainland europe and part of north africa and then adolf hitler order the full scale invasion of the soviet union . a fateful move that ultimately doom nazi germany to defeat . in the early stag the invasion go well and the german army conquer large section of soviet territory and but a critical battle ensues at stalingrad and a city that hold great symbolic and strategic value . the battle soon turn into a blood bath of epic proportion and a nightmare for both the german and russian soldier fight . on the verge of take the city the german be suddenly counter attack by the russian who end up cut off the entire german 6th army inside stalingrad . to make matter bad and the russian winter arrive cause incredible suffering for the german . this entire battle be see through the eye of a few young german soldier fight for survival not only against the russian and the harsh winter condition but also against their own sadistic officer who care only about medal and glory and the general who have little regard for the average foot soldier . this film be go to haunt me for a while . the german soldier the film concentrate on be so young and naive and then their humanity and sanity be strip from them and you really do feel sorry for them cause their not the demonic nazi often portray in film . everything they be fight for be no longer important and and everything they believe in be shatter and and after fight a gruesome battle against the russian inside stalingrad we see them far deteriorate with the onset of winter cause many to freeze to death . the battle and winter scene be like a horrible nightmare but it also felt so real . it amazing and in the beginning we see strap young men in the prime of their life and and at the end they a shell of their former self strip of everything . after witness so much carnage these men just loose their will to live on and it be really sad . when there be finally a moment of hope they be betray by hitler who ultimately abandon these men to a horrible death and which be just another one of hitler crime abandon the men who fight for him to be slaughter by the russian . a good anti war film depict the horror of war and that what this movie do . the battle for the tractor factory sequence be the close thing that come to hell on earth and but that really what the battle for stalingrad be like . the german and russian soldier be depict with humanity and it be only the bad apple ( specifically on the german side ) that doom the men . bottom line be this film be amazing cause we see how men breakdown physically and emotionally during war . we all have our limit and these men be push far beyond their limit in the most deadly battle of our time . what the average foot soldier endure at stalingrad be beyond imagination . even if they have survive everything they have see and do would have scar them for life . stalingrad show u why war be hell and and what exactly hell look like .