Very watchable Russian film starring Powers Booth. Big production, Lots of practical explosives, room to room gun battles, and soldiers knowing their final sacrifice is imminent. Sometimes clumsy drama, much of the time impressive battle action.
The 1993 German 'Stalingrad' is very good at telling this story from the German side in the context of the entire German invasion finally defeated here, betayed by Nazi leadership of frontline soldiers. That film is more futility of war, this is Russian, agitprop, patriotic war legend. Similar to the spirit of the 2014 3D megahit which I recommend.
Its a hell of a story that fires anyone's imagination. Pick anyone of them or all. At this writing the two older films are on youtube.
The 1993 German 'Stalingrad' is very good at telling this story from the German side in the context of the entire German invasion finally defeated here, betayed by Nazi leadership of frontline soldiers. That film is more futility of war, this is Russian, agitprop, patriotic war legend. Similar to the spirit of the 2014 3D megahit which I recommend.
Its a hell of a story that fires anyone's imagination. Pick anyone of them or all. At this writing the two older films are on youtube.