recently saw movie hopes seeing accurate portrayal bloodiest battle th century got expected much more think came across movie luck never even heard it german film made  suppose cant surprised almost completely unknown modern american audience shame cause really remarkable film dare say good better platoon full metal jacket apocalypse now quiet western front iconic war moviesbr br  world war ii full swing nazi germany run mainland europe parts north africa adolf hitler orders full scale invasion soviet union fateful move ultimately dooms nazi germany defeat early stages invasion goes well german armies conquer large sections soviet territory critical battle ensues stalingrad city hold great symbolic  strategic value battle soon turns blood bath epic proportions nightmare german  russian soldiers fighting verge taking city germans suddenly counter attacked russians end cutting entire german th army inside stalingrad make matters worse russian winter arrives causing incredible suffering germans entire battle seen eyes young german soldiers fighting survival russians harsh winter conditions also sadistic officers care medals  glory generals little regard average foot soldierbr br this film going haunt while german soldiers film concentrates young naive humanity  sanity stripped really feel sorry cause demonic nazis often portrayed film everything fighting longer important everything believed shattered fighting gruesome battle russians inside stalingrad see deteriorate onset winter causing many freeze death battle  winter scenes like horrible nightmare also felt real amazing beginning see strapping young men prime life end shells former selves stripped everything witnessing much carnage men loose live on really sad finally moment hope betrayed hitler ultimately abandons men horrible death another one hitlers crimes abandoning men fought slaughtered russians br br a good antiwar film depicts horrors war thats movie does battle tractor factory sequence closest thing comes hell earth thats really battle stalingrad like german  russian soldiers depicted humanity bad apples specifically german side doomed men bottom line film amazing cause see men breakdown physically  emotionally war limits men pushed far beyond limits deadly battle time average foot soldier endured stalingrad beyond imagination even survived everything seen  done would scarred lifebr br stalingrad shows us war hell exactly hell looks like