Stalingrad - film review

Fedor Bondarchuk's patriotic take on one of the bloodiest battles in history
21 February 2014

Fedor Bondarchuk's patriotic take on one of the bloodiest battles in history attempts to pound us into submission with expensive SFX (this is Russia's first Imax 3D release). The effects aren't bad, but fatigue soon sets in (the manic/slo-mo combat feel like a glorified computer-game). Meanwhile, parallel love stories involving German and Russian soldiers struggle to convince.

The scriptwriters attempt to give Thomas Kretschmann's German captain depth (he hurls insults at his Russian mistress, then attempts to save her). Still, the direction's so crude, and actress Yana Studilina so 24/7 pouty, that you'll be more tempted to laugh than cry.

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