The war epic was released in 1993 and runs for 134 minutes.

Watc hers have hailed an epic war film as better than several other major players in the genre. 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 the Second World War, where they fight in the Battle of Stalingrad. The film is the second German movie to portray the Battle of Stalingrad.

The film's synopsis reads: "German soldiers (Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel) go from victory to survival mode as their army suffers its first major defeat of World War II." Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT

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