Anyone know of any good Eastern Front films? I have Stalingrad but thats about all I know of.

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'come and see' by Elim Klimov is superb.
A touch arty around the edges but a fascinating and hugely grim account of one boys accelerated growing up in a Nazi created hell. Hugely grim but I found it magnificent.
(and live ammunition, including artillery, in many scenes too)
Cheers,
Adam.

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I shan't mention 'Enemy At The Gates'...I really shan't.....there - I managed not to mention 'Enemy At The Gates'..... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

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"Cross of iron" of course....

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I found 'Cross of Iron' to be quite a terrible film actually. Is this 'Come and See' in Russian?

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'Cross Of Iron' is a must-see if you're into Sam Peckinpah's films, but as a portrayal of the Eastern Front I'd agree that it's not ideal....

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The German made "Stalingrad" is an interesting film. It does a good job of portraying the despair of a dying army.

Later

Yep, with a fair dose of gutteral German too.
There is the option of watching with English dubbing turned on but I usually stick to subtitles for foreign films.
I also am glad that nobody has mentioned Enema at the Gates.
Cheers,
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The German Stalingrad movie is quite good, there's a very good T-34 scene. I'm not sure if it's accurate,there is much pathos, but I really liked it overall, and many combat scenes are quite on par with the way I represent fighting in Stalingrad.

I liked Cross of Iron also.

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IMO, I thought Enemy at the Gates showed too much attention to the opposing snipers than to the actual battle.

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Stalingrad: Dogs do you want to live forever? Stalingrad was a remake of this film.

One that Kai will hav eto help me on is called something like: Talvisota? which I think is a Finnish film.

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Isn't there a movie called Liberation? or w.e? Its on youtube

Its about Kursk. Looks pretty cool and sortv'e accurate cept the Tigers and Panthers are remnants of T-34sand t-55s?? But atleast they make them look like the tanks not like the m-47 deal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_7HNqdEWwo
[part 2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsnCK...elated&search=
[part 3]


I could only find part 2 and 3 of the bunch.. weres 1? :/

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In terms of Russian films, Zvezda is good (both the old one and the new one), Come and See is good but harrowing, I've got a few random ones without subtitles that are pretty good too, cost £3 in a St Petersburg market LOL.

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The movie Liberation (The one about the battle of Kursk ) is available at Belle and Blade. A bit pricey but it is very rare and about 10 hours

http://www.warshows.com/Detail.bok?no=9357

Heres one I forgot to mention that is and oldie but goodie.

A Time To Love and a Time To Die with:

John Gavin as Corporal Ernst Graeber.
Jock Mahoney as Corporal Immermann (ace) Machinegunner.
Don Defore as Corporal Bottcher.
Keenan Wynn as Corporal Reuter. (The rich Corporal)
Dieter Borsche as Hauptmann Rahe.
Erich Maria Remarque as Professor Pohlmann.
Liselotte Pulver as Elizabeth Kruse (Pohlmann's Daughter and Graebers love intrest)
Thayer David as Oskar Bindig-the nazi party block leader.
Kurt Meisel as Heini (the older soldier)
John Van Dreelan as a Political Officer (Allgemeine SS Officer at Bindigs house)
A young Klaus Kinski as a Gestapo Leutnant.
Bengt Lindstrom as Private Steinbrenner.
Wolf Hamisch as Hauptfeldwebel Muecke.
And last but not least, a VERY young "Dana" Jim Hutton as the young consientious Private Hirschland.

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Huff...very difficult finding unpirated movies here in Indonesia

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I actually own the " liberation " series and I must say it is my favorite WW2 movie. It series starts a battle of Kursk and ends with the capture of Berlin.

Amazon.com: Liberation (The)/ Osvobozhdeniye - Russian Soundtrack Only: DVD

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Good clips, Hawkerace! Thanks for sharing!

It looks very interesting, though I'm the musicalisation (and the music) are awful... What does the Dracula-like church organ has to do with the battle?

I loved the T-34s rolling at full speed! WOW!

Why awful??

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Well, it is some cheap copy of Shostákovich's 7th symphony (composed at Leningrad, during the siege)... it's suppossed to add some kind of combat anguish, which it doesn't... only accomplishes some caothic tones here and there. The martial trumpets are a common-place, and the organ is simply out of order... The music should add emotion, be the conducting line of the images, but instead it annoys you...

The Battle of Britain, there you have a magnificent combat score (composed by Sir William Walton and Ron Goodwin)!

What can I say, not everything is perfect

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