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Stalingrad (1993)
I liked it
The best most realistic film on the battle for Stalingrad - No question about it! The effects are amazing and the story line as well. If there were high quality camera's back in the 40's this is what you would see on Stalingrad newsreels. This is not enemy at the gates which hardly shows battle footage,this movie is full of action. The only reason I give it 8 out of 10 is because of some of the weapons not being historically accurate - like the Russian's Mosin Nagant sniper rifle,the scope setup on it never was used in the Red Army its just a fake prop. But don't let this stop you from watching it - its an awesome film!
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Worth Watching
Alright the movie is not 100 percent historically accurate,what war movie is? However its one of the better entertaining war movies - great effects and acting-Ed Harris is brilliant as Major Koning,I don't think they could have picked anyone better! I was impressed by the weaponry as all of it is correct WWII era! It's definitely not a boring film,If your like me and are interested in the Eastern Front of WWII and weapons like the Mosin Nagant rifle you will find this movie very entertaining. Overall I highly recommend it,After you watch the movie I suggest you too get Vassili Zaitsev's memoirs "Notes of a sniper" that tell's the real story of the movie,you will find some of Zaitsev's real account's are portrayed in the film,like how he used pieces of glass to blind German snipers.
10/10
Na bezymyannoy vysote (2004)
Nothing special
This movie is not historically accurate,the sniper rifles are laughable - the scope setup on the Russian rifle is mounted in a totally different spot than the original ww2 variants. The Germans sniper rifle has a Russian scope setup on it. That alone ruined the movie for me historically wise. Bad effects and somewhat corny. If your talking about entertainment and great effects, Enemy at the gates beats this hands down. The movie is more on the comedy side if you will call it that. In fact some former real female Soviet snipers who fought in ww2 were not happy with this movie,especially how they show the women walking around in skirts. To sum it up,this movie is not historically accurate what so ever,The effects are very bad. This is why I gave it 3 stars