A
war film
available for rent or purchase on
Amazon Prime
has been lauded as
the “perfect masterpiece
,” with viewers hailing it as a “powerful” and “realistic portrayal” of The Battle of Stalingrad during
World War II
.
The movie, titled Stalingrad, was released in 1993 and directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. Viewers who have seen the film are singing its praises, with many agreeing that it ranks among the best war films ever made, thanks to its accurate and honest depiction. Others appreciated that it didn’t “glorify the war.”
Among the rave reviews, one viewer was particularly taken with the film, giving it a perfect score of 10 out of 10 and comparing it favorably to other popular war films.
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They wrote, “The Finest Ambition of the Soldier is to prevent war from ever happening, but it has always been out of their hands. It is in the hands of men whom they do not even know.
“Saving Private Ryan, Das Boots, Thin Red Line, When We Were Soldiers. Then there is Stalingrad! It is a perfect masterpiece. The acting and filming in this movie are top-notch!
“I also think the music in this movie is great and fits the movie perfectly. Stalingrad holds no punches back in depicting the siege of Stalingrad by the German Army and ultimately their defeat in the cold bitter Russian winter!
“As far as a ‘war’ movie goes, I would give honors to Stalingrad over Saving Private Ryan and even Liberal Hollywood’s take on the siege of Stalingrad (from the Soviet point of view): Enemy At The Gates.”
Saving Private Ryan, inspired by the true-life tale of the Niland brothers who fought in World War 2, is questioned by one viewer who believes it “just doesn’t bring the horror of war down to the common foot solider as accurately as Stalingrad.”
Echoing this sentiment, another viewer added, “This was made before Private Ryan but is possibly even harder-hitting in places,” and lauded it as a “powerful” and stark portrayal “to the suffering of the ordinary soldier on the Eastern Front in the Second World War.”
Stalingrad follows a group of Wehrmacht soldiers sent to the eastern front to fight what will become a losing battle against the Soviet Army. The film won three Bavarian Film Awards in 1993, including one for Best Production and one for Vilsmaier’s cinematography.
Vilsmaier, a German director and cinematographer, died in February 2020, according to the Associated Press. He was 81. His agent confirmed that he died “peacefully” at his home in Bavaria.
