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Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

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7.1/10 • 24

1959-04-071h 37m

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In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.

Directors
Frank Wisbar
Writters
Frank Dimen, Heinz Schröter, Frank Wisbar
Editors
Frank Dimen, Heinz Schröter, Frank Wisbar, Martha Dübber

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  1. Joachim Hansen

    Joachim Hansen

    Oberleutnant Wisse

  2. Wilhelm Borchert

    Wilhelm Borchert

    Gen. Friedrich Paulus

  3. Wolfgang Preiss

    Wolfgang Preiss

    Major Linkmann

  4. Carl Lange

    Carl Lange

    General von Seydlitz

  5. Horst Frank

    Horst Frank

    Feldwebel Böse

  6. Peter Carsten

    Peter Carsten

    Gefreiter Krämer

  7. Richard Münch

    Richard Münch

    Oberstleutnant Kesselbach

  8. Günter Pfitzmann

    Günter Pfitzmann

    Wachmeister Kunowski

  9. Sonja Ziemann

    Sonja Ziemann

    Katja

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John Chard Avatar

John Chard

Oct 3, 2015

8/10

A dead soldier dose not care who won or lost. Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (Dogs, do you want to live forever?) Is directed by Frank Wisbar and adapted to screenplay by Wisbar, Frank Dimen and Heinz Schröter from the Fritz Wöss novel. It stars Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss and Carl Lange. Music is by Herbert Windt and cinematography by Helmut Ashley. It was a hell hole pocket. A little cracker jack of a war movie, coming at things from a German's point of view during the Battle of Stalingrad. Through the eyes of our protagonist we come to be part of his disillusionment with the Nazi ways, we witness cowardly majors and obstinate leaders who left the German troops and their allies ill equipped to fight the battle. A bitter Xmas present. As Hermann Göring preaches from his pulpit, many miles away from the battle, he's celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Third Reich, all while Stalingrad burns and his army lie dying or limbless in a makeshift grungy hospital. The impact is enough to sicken you to your stomach. Away from the anti-war thematic thrusts of the narrative, battle scenes are niftily constructed (though some of the spliced footage is incorrect to this battle). While the monochrome photography is in turns gorgeous and then potent to the horrors of war. Splendidly performed by the principals as well. As has been noted by others who have reviewed this little seen film, the subtitles are poor. Too fast to read sometimes while any language not in German (Eastern Europeans) isn't catered for. A shame, but in the wake of what a very good film this is, it's a small price to pay. 8/10

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    German
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    Keywords
    world war iistalingradbattle