Stalingrad

Language : Russian / German

 

Year of release : 2013

 

Run time : 2h11min

 

Genre : War

 

Cast : Pyotr Fyodorov, Thomas Kretschmann

 

 

The story of a Russian garrison,defending a building in Stalingrad in the 2nd World War is told by the son of a woman who was 18 when the Russians fought the Germans to take back the city.

 

The woman,18 at the time( but looking at least 30 !),was skinny and bland,but all the men of this garrison fall for her! She flirts with all of them,to the point I thought she liked one but then she was with another! She's telling the tenor how much her family loved him,she sleeps on another one's legs,because the bed was too small and comfortable for her,she kisses another guy,who might be the narrator's father...then sleeps in the company of another guy who tells her he loves her,she tells him she loves him too..I think she told them all what they wanted to hear because she saw they liked her. Needless to say how much I disliked the character.

 

I was more interested in the story of the German captain and the Russian woman.

 

I don't like war movies,but some keep me watching. Although I watched this one till the end,I didn't watch it because it kept me interested,but because two of my favorite actors play in it,Pyotr and Thomas.

 

The acting was great,so were the visual effects..the set design,the costumes and the fighting scenes..it looks like a Hollywood movie. The movie has some pretty cool fighting scenes,like one at the beginning in which the soldiers come running and shooting while on fire!..

 

I'm not gonna recommend this movie,this is only for war movies enthusiasts.

I don't really know how to grade it,because although I didn't like it,I know it was a good movie,looks wise.

 

Stalingrad is streaming on Spectrum on Demand, and is for rent or sale on Apple iTunes, AMC on Demand, DIRECTV, Google Play, Microsoft Store,Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : ? !