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Stalingrad
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Stalingrad is a 1993 German, Czech, and Swedish war drama film directed and written by Joseph Vilsmaier. The cast includes Thomas Kretschmann, Dana Vávrová, Sylvester Groth, and Dominique Horwitz. The narrative is set during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. The film features music by Enjott Schneider and sound design by Milan Bor. It was distributed by Netflix via video on demand.
The movie has a runtime of 134 minutes and was originally released in German and Russian. Production companies involved include B.A. Produktion, Bavaria Film, Perathon Film-und Fernsehproduktions, and Royal Filmproduktions GmbH. The film received an IMDb rating of 7.5 from 40,140 votes and a TMDb average of 7.322. It won three awards and received one nomination. The tagline is "Till the last man..." and the revenue was 152972.
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Film · TMDB
7.3A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.
Cast
- Dominique Horwitz as Corporal Fritz Reiser
- Thomas Kretschmann as Lieutenant Hans von Witzland
- Jochen Nickel as Sergeant Manfred 'Rollo' Rohleder
- Sebastian Rudolph as GeGe Müller
- Dana Vávrová as Irina
- Martin Benrath as General Hentz
Themes
- winter
- world war ii
- stalingrad
- machine gun
- horrors of war
- german soldier
- comradeship
- soviet tank
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
40,140 votes
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Joseph Vilsmaier
- Written by
- Jürgen Büscher, Johannes Heide
- Produced by
- Hanno Huth, Günter Rohrbach
- Starring
- Dominique Horwitz Thomas Kretschmann Jochen Nickel Sebastian Rudolph Sylvester Groth Martin Benrath Dana Vávrová
- Cinematography
- Rolf Greim, Klaus Moderegger, Peter von Haller
- Edited by
- Hannes Nikel
- Music by
- Norbert Jürgen Schneider , Martin Grassl
- Distributed by
- Senator Film
- Release date
- 21 January 1993 ( 1993-01-21 )
- Running time
- 134 minutes
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Box office
- $10 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- Russian
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Joseph Vilsmaier
- Composer
- Enjott Schneider
- Narrative location
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 753749
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Stalingrad 1993.svg
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- publication date
- 1993-00-00
- title
- Сталинград
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Stalingrad
- characters
- Walter Heitz
- sound designer
- Milan Bor
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Encyclopedic overview
Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It follows a platoon of German Army soldiers transferred to the Eastern Front of World War II, where they find themselves fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad.
The film is the second German movie to portray the Battle of Stalingrad. It was preceded by the 1959 Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?).
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