After the book I became very sad when I was watching the movie. I am agree that sometimes a film should be different from the original novel but in this case it was more than acceptable. Some examples:
1) why the ranks are different (e.g. Lt. Diestl instead of Sergeant etc.)
2) the final screen is very poor and makes Diestl as a soldier who feds up himself and wants to die. But it is not true in 100%. Just read the book. He was a bull-dog in the last seconds as well. He did not want to die by wrecking his gun and walking simply towards to Michael & Noah.
So this is some kind of a happy end which does not fit at all for this movie.
1) why the ranks are different (e.g. Lt. Diestl instead of Sergeant etc.)
2) the final screen is very poor and makes Diestl as a soldier who feds up himself and wants to die. But it is not true in 100%. Just read the book. He was a bull-dog in the last seconds as well. He did not want to die by wrecking his gun and walking simply towards to Michael & Noah.
So this is some kind of a happy end which does not fit at all for this movie.