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Stalingrad [DVD] [1994]

Stalingrad [DVD] [1994]Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Actors: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Jochen Nickel
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 78 reviews

Format: Dubbed, PAL
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 132 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

UPC: 501723919025
EAN: 5017239190254
ASIN: B00005U0I8

Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 1993
Release Date: October 22, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's tempting to call the harrowing Stalingrad a World War II version of All Quiet on the Western Front, since both films take the perspective of ordinary German soldiers at ground level. Stalingrad surveys the misery of the battle of Stalingrad, the winter siege that cost the lives of almost one and a half million people--Russian defenders and German invaders alike. Not unlike Spielberg's approach to Saving Private Ryan, German director Joseph Vilsmaier rarely steps outside the action to comment on the higher purpose of the war, assuming the audience is aware of the evil of the Nazi regime. Instead, we simply follow a group of soldiers as they endure a series of gut-wrenching episodes, events that have the tang of authenticity and horror. Vilsmaier has a taste for symbolism and surreal touches, which only add to the unsettling sense of insanity this movie conjures up so well. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:
2 out of 5 stars A very poor release of a masterpiece!   March 5, 2004
David Lourenço (Matosinhos, Portugal)
82 out of 83 found this review helpful

The UK release of this film is a paradox beyond belief!
"Stalingrad" is a military history masterpiece, with a fantastic mix of action, historical accuracy, very good acting and an overall downright unbiased description of the fight for Stalingrad, and the ensuing fate of Von Paulus 6th Army.
This would make it a "must buy" for anyone with an inkling of interest in the subject, but for the way it is presented in the UK.
Instead of doing the sensible thing, and releasing the film in the original speak (German), giving the choice for subtitles or dubbing, the publisher decided to just "force-feed" us a very dubious quality, English dubbed version.
I mean, in a film of considerable drama, at points I nearly had to hold my laugh at the ridiculous German accents that the dubbers used, as it looked more like something fitting for "Allo, Allo" (in all its brilliance) than a serious war film.
Bottom line, do not buy the UK dubbed version and either buy the NTSC version in the original language (which I never had the chance to review) or, if you have knowledge of German, the German release.
Beyond the issue mentioned, "Stalingrad" is a masterpiece.


3 out of 5 stars Great film, ruined by its dubbing   December 3, 2003
Mr. S. L. Hooper (Manchester UK)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful

This film, as many of the reviews before have said could have been great. Das Boot was an amazing film, tense, and exciting without loosing the original feeling by dubbing. Stalingrad, im afraid to say is ruined by this. Had it been German with English subtitles i believe it could easily rank up there with the best of war films, but as it stands, the emotion, fear, excitment and feeling is all lost by high pitch sqeaky voices and naff acting. The fighting is intense,


3 out of 5 stars Disappointing release of a great film   October 7, 2002
Pete Murphy
50 out of 51 found this review helpful

Finally released on DVD from EIV, this disc is a disappointment. The master used is the existing tape master for the dubbed vhs release (a subtitled German language tape was also available) and as such doesn't look as good as it could (although it's a decent enough non-anamorphic transfer) and you only get the single dubbed audio option (in 2.0 surround) with pretty much no extras. The film, from the same production stable as Das Boot, is a big production so there's probably material available that could have been used to pad out the release, but as is the case with most EIV releases (that aren't just copied over from the US New Line releases) the treatment in the UK is pretty darn shoddy.
Stalingrad is a great, if occasionally hard to watch, movie following a platoon from their arrival in the titular Russian city through the Eastern Front campaign as seen through their eyes. To say that it's "Das Boot on the Russian Front" is a tad unfair but it perfectly sums up the general mood and direction of the film. It's gritty, it's grim and it's bloody and given the eventual outcome of Hitlers Russian campaign it's suitably downbeat in its conclusion. Production values are high with realistic battle sequences and the characters are given a human face as we see them facing all the hardships the Russians and their abysmal weather can throw at them.
Definitely a recommended film, but sadly not at the top of my list of recommended discs.

In the US it was at least treated to a dual language release with the choice of either dubbed English or subtitled German. This would be a better disc to get hold of if you can track it down.


4 out of 5 stars buy it in German   June 24, 2005
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

The only reason not to rate it 5-star is the dubbing. It's amongst the worst productions I've ever come across. The movie itself is one masterpiece, in my opinion the best 'infantry' war movie ever made. It shows modern Blitzkrieg-type war, not from the viewpoint of some pathetic hollywood wannabe-hero, but from the viewpoint of the ordinary German soldier. Men with families, regular jobs, dreams and fears. Their illusions of fighting a just war for their fatherland get shattered in battles and mass-murder, and so do their hopes of once returning home. Although the movie misses out some of the most horrifying things that happened on the Eastern front, this movie is to be highly recommended to all those who think that war is cool, or ever was cool, or ever will be.
My recommendation is, try to get hold of a German language version with subtitles. And forget about Saving Private Ryan, which in fact is nothing but the extended version of the American national anthem.


3 out of 5 stars Refreshing Axis view of the second world war.   January 18, 2002
32 out of 33 found this review helpful

This film provides a refreshing look at the war in the east, this time from a German perspective. A non-American influence is a rare commodity in the film industry, especially where war films are concerned. The DVD lacks interesting special features, which is a pity as the film must have a great deal of casting and directional interest. The region 2 version is quite recently released, and I think it suffers from a hasty completion. The dialogue is obviously delivered in German, and unlike Das Boot, this DVD has no way of switching it from it's poor English over-dub back into German with subtitles.
Visually the film captures the horror of the Eastern Front, and the descent into chaos of the Third Reich. All in all a good film that suffers from a hasty release.

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