Stalingrad

Name: Stalingrad
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1993-01-20
Duration: 2 h 14 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová

Till the last man...

Stalingrad (1993)

Timing: 2:14 (134 min)

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Video for the film Stalingrad — more of the Stalingrad (1993) trailer

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Release date

1993-01-20

Country

Germany

Production

Bavaria Film, B.A. Produktion, Perathon Film-und Fernsehproduktions, Royal Film (I)

Genre

Drama, History, War

Budget

$20 000 000

Box office

$152 972

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Director

Joseph Vilsmaier

Actors

Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Martin Benrath, Sylvester Groth, Karel Heřmánek, Heinz Emigholz, Oliver Broumis
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Scenario

Producer

Günter Rohrbach, Hanno Huth, Joseph Vilsmaier

Camera operator

Peter von Haller

Composer

Enjott Schneider

Artist

Jindřich Goetz, Wolfgang Hundhammer

Audition

Editing

Hannes Nikel
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Short description

A 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.

What's left behind the scenes

Thomas Kretschmann later starred in the identically titled film by Fyodor Bondarchuk, released in 2013.
Some of the Soviet tanks whose attack is repelled by the Germans approximately in the middle of the film are T-34-85s, which were not present near Stalingrad (this modification of the T-34 was adopted by the Red Army by Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 5020 ss, of January 23, 1944), i.e. almost a year after the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. Distinctive features are a larger turret and an 85-mm long-barreled gun. The long barrels are clearly visible in the profiles of the tanks (75th minute of the film). In addition, the tanks are attacking without jettisoning the external additional fuel tanks, which is also an error.
At the 47th minute of the film, the Germans listen to Russian soldiers humming the song "Dark Night." This could not have happened, because "Dark Night" first appeared in the film "Two Soldiers," which was released after the Battle of Stalingrad.
The town of Porto-Cervo, mentioned at the beginning of the film, was built only in the 1960s.
Some of the Soviet tanks whose attack is repelled by the Germans approximately in the middle of the film are T-34-85s, which were not present near Stalingrad (this modification was adopted after January 1944), i.e., almost a year after the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. The characteristic differences are a larger turret and an 85mm long-barreled gun. The long barrels are clearly visible in the tank profiles (75th minute of the film). Furthermore, the tanks are attacking without dropping their external additional fuel tanks, which is also an error.
At the 47th minute of the film, the Germans are listening to Russian soldiers humming the song "Dark Night." "Dark Night" first appeared in the film "Two Soldiers," which was released after the Battle of Stalingrad.