Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Stalingrad
1993
**½
Director: Joseph Vilsmeier
Cast: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Dana Vavrova

A well made but uninvolving German war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the course of WW2. The German soldiers are portrayed as a group of disillusioned young men who fight for their lives. The battle is cruelling but the poorly developed characters just disappear into the wintery background.