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Stalingrad (1993)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the platoon leads his men to desert. The men of the platoon attempt to escape from the city which is now surrounded by the Soviet Army.
Style:
realistic, gloomy, serious, suspenseful, rough, epic, captivating, factual, talky, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, german, russian, nazism, soldier, survival, military, starvation, military life, wehrmacht, holocaust, tank, eastern front, winter, cold weather, nazi, suffering, wartime life, cold war, betrayal, tragedy, propaganda, snow ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943, 40s
Place:
russia, germany, berlin germany, poland, east germany, europe, italy ...
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Country: West Germany, Italy, France, UK
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Duration: 150 min.
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
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Story:
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