this film do for infantry what das boot do for submariner . if you appreciate da boot then that be all you really need to know . this be a well do piece of cinema . on a par with das boot . basically it follow a company of elite german stormtrooper infantry who leave garrison duty in an idyllic italian seaside town and be immediately thrust into the chaos of the disintegrate russian front . a good war movie illuminate both the senselessness and brutality of war and at the same time give u insight into the experience and essential humanity of those who fight . this movie do that . the film be full of drama and action and so be entertain on that level as well .