ENEMY AT THE GATES (2001) FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@Biscuitchris7again]

_"I think they're just doing British accents and just rolling with it."_ She's learning.

[@gazoontight]

I was surprised that she didn't figure out that many of the actors were British. Sometimes I think she's putting us on, that she's not really as naive as she pretends to be.

[@alinadornieden8411]

@@gazoontight its just the "spoiled" life of amaricans that basically every movie they watched, were americans playing americans. for us its normal to hear a different accent to the person who is being played.

[@joeberger3441]

​@@alinadornieden8411 a lot of movies in the US have foreign actors

[@christopherwall2121]

I hope _The Death of Stalin_ isn't too high up on the list, because the accents in that are more concerned with carrying across the characters' character than sounding Russian

[@thatindiandude4602]

@@alinadornieden8411 I know its the in thing to hate on Americans. But there is a reason why British tourists are hated universally.

[@herrzimm]

The German movie "Stallingrad" actually gives you a far better depiction of the horrendous conditions that took over the war of Stallingrad. It was one of the "defining moments" of WW2, that most US/UK/Canadian schools don't spend enough time covering. But it is one that should be studied in more detail as both sides basically fought door-to-door within the city, sometimes with one side of the street being held by Germans, while the other side was held by Soviets.

[@deandavies9576]

which one there is 2 called stalingrad i personally like the one with thomas kretchmann it shows way more brutality and terrible crimes the nazis committed

[@Arty_McParty]

Agreed the whole war was terrible

[@thomasm934]

Big time. Great movie.

[@Heathcoatman]

@@deandavies9576 there are actually 3. The one from 1993 is the one that matters. The one with Kretchmann.

[@Cadinho93]

Fun Fact: Vasily Zaitsev was one of the best snipers in WWII, but he was actually not the deadliest Soviet sniper, that was Ivan Sidorenko, who supposedly killed like 500 people. The USSR also had amazing women snipers, the best among them (and the deadliest female sniper in recorded history) was Lyudmila Pavlichenko, credited with more than 300 kills. Although the deadliest sniper in the world was from Finland, Simo Häyä, who supposedly killed more than 500 people. He was so deadly in the Winter War that the Soviets called him "The White Death" and he didn't even like to use telescopic sights because that made him an easier target, he simply used the iron sights of his rifle! Also, I love "Enemy At The Gates". Such an underrated film.

[@coyotefever105]

They need to do a movie about White Death

[@kylecasey7010]

Simo Häyhä has entered the chat 🎯

[@LordVolkov]

Lyudmila met Eleanor Roosevelt 😉 back when we were friends with Russia 😅

[@Alte.Kameraden]

To be honest, like many German kill claims, Soviet ones are likely even more inflated. We actually have plenty of German soldiers including Otto Carius openly admitting such claims were inflated because he was a propaganda poster child. So expect all Soviet equivalents to be the same.

[@NecramoniumVideo]

Let's not forget that Zaitsev was made a propaganda tool. The fact he only killed 225 soldiers compared to other snipers showed he was just that.

[@Messius]

The relationship between Vasily and Tania is historically accurate Tania was originally Russian (Belarusian) but lived in the USA. During the World War she came to Belarus to take her grandparents back to USA but when she arrived at their home she found that the Germans had shot her grandparents. This forced her to join the Belarusian resistance who were trying to get to the front on the Soviet side. They used the canal systems and joined the defense in Stalingrad. By this time, Zaitsev already had his own sniper school with his own group who called themselves "The Hares", after the name Zaitsev (Hare). Tania joined this group and trained. She took part in the then famous raid on the German headquarters where she allegedly killed 24 German soldiers herself. During the mission,which involved the shooting of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, one of the members stepped on a mine that injured Tania herself in the abdomen. She was taken to hospital and recovered. During this time she received information that Vasily Zaitsev had been killed ( in fact Zaitsev was only wounded, he lost his sight during the mortar attack but was restored thanks to surgery). Tania therefore, believing Vasily is dead, later found someone else but could not have children because of her injury. When in 1969 she was interviewed by American journalist William Craig who asked her about her experiences during the time of Zaitsev's group, she was very surprised that he knew this. When she asked him how he knew, Craig replied that he had interviewed Zaitsev. Craig didn't know that Tania didn't know about Vasily's survival so he told her everything, she remained frozen because she still loved him and didn't know about his survival, including his life after the war when he also found someone else.

[@Johnny_Socko]

I'm always amused by bros who "hated the love story" in this movie, since that is one of the parts that is historically accurate. And it's not as if the relationship is treated like a freaking romcom, it's about as rough and anxious as it gets, and it gives the story an extra dimension that you don't often see in war movies.

[@Phylonyous]

Wow, I didn’t know the entire story, thank you.

[@20somthingdrifter11]

I had no idea, I think most of us just assumed that that sort of thing gets added in as a Hollywood type offer to give the movie greater appeal. Do you know the name of the journalist who interviewed her, I would love to see if the original article or the notes are out there.

[@Messius]

@@20somthingdrifter11 It was William Craig (also a historian), I don't know if you can find the actual transcript of the interview but Paul Dowswell used part of it in his book True Stories of The Second World War.

[@ex-navyspook]

​@@Johnny_Socko It’s basically the ONLY part that's mildly accurate about this movie. And where are you getting that Paulus was shot? He wasn't.

[@FrankM74]

"It was the most unromantic romanting thing I've ever seen...". Felt that. By far the best love scene I've ever seen. Underrated movie. Tought scenes, yet impossible to stop watching it until the end.

[@jpavlik04]

In Sasha's defense, he (and everyone else) was starving to death. His ration allotment was 4.4 grams (roughly 400 calories) per day, and it was watered down with additives such as pine shavings and sawdust. At one point it went even lower, as they resorted to eating mice and other vermin, leather belts, paper, etc. There is even evidence of children eaten. It was hell on earth. So when Ed Harris offered him the food, it was a pretty big deal. People routinely just laid down and died wherever they happened to be.

[@jessejames96]

Sasha wasn't a traitor. He was playing the Major. They told the mother Sasha was a traitor to get her to leave on the boat. Or else she would have wanted to stay and wait for Sasha. Was better to tell her that he was a traitor than to say he was dead

[@white_tiger3412]

and starvation was in Leningrad, not Stalingrad

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

@White Tiger Starvation was almost everywhere in the Soviet Union! Even before Nazi German invasion but around the time of Stalingrad Stalin engineered another “Famine” bread and other foods ( pork, potatoes, fresh fruit) went to Frontline Soviet soldiers and Officer Corp got better food, ordinary citizens ATE tree bark and stretched out what they had in thin stews or soups! 🙄

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

​@@bradleymcavoy3432 those lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to live by the coast weren't even allowed to eat fish, they could be imprisoned for taking fish for themselves. They mostly lived off caviar which was viewed as the lowest kind of peasant food at the time, there's many stories from old Russians of being children and crying because they had to eat beluga caviar AGAIN, and today it sells for hundreds of dollars, it's crazy.

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 That isn't true at all. Beluga caviar was just as rare and expensive then as it is now especially in russia, was considered the kind of thing only kings and emperors ate. At best they might get some herring or salmon caviar but they were not living off of it and were not ever eating beluga caviar. The only people who had that on their tables anywhere in russia were stalin and maybe a handful of high up party members

[@johantolli372]

"The most unromantic, romantic thing ever" A good description.

[@mikef2811]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arifeannor9573]

I thought it was hot. She's very beautiful and the dirt makes it even hotter.

[@sup9542]

And some method acting there from Rachel Weisz, digging deep into character

[@thomassmart4088]

her eyes tell the story

[@m1lst3r89]

Well, it's not that kind of movie, I guess. That's why they threw it in. I never liked the sex scene between the two in front of the others. And don't come to tell me - oh but you know, it was very well researched and documented.

[@cqde]

The man that took over the battle was Nikita Khrushchev, played by the talented Bob Hoskins (The long good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, etc.) Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union after WWII (1953) and was in power during the Cuban missile crisis.

[@miker252]

The internet says it didn't happen but, I have a childhood memory of watching Khrushchev on TV, banding his shoe on the podium during a speech at, I believe, the United Nations, saying " Your children's children will live under communism'?" The way things are going nowadays, It looks like he might have been correct.

[@Killer-ml1sd]

@@miker252 yep yuri Bezmenov tried to worn us all

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

@@miker252 You actually have no clue what communism is.

[@carlox1266]

Khrushev was a high ranking commissar , he never had command of the defense of Stalingrad .

[@carlox1266]

@Jonathan Smuck That is one of the reasons he was deposed .

[@misterspaceman9563]

"He's got the high ground!" Obi-Wan would be so proud of Cassie

[@potterj09]

Usually people like Obi-wan with big eyes and light blue pupils make the best shooters. It's half the reason why Canada has the best sniper worlds records in their JTF group. Bunch of celtic n french mofos with bright blue owl eyes shooting people 8 seconds away. Terrifying.

[@CharlesDowney19]

Ed Harris is so intense and charismatic in all of his movies ! ... Thank you Cassie! I loved it ! I would like to suggest a great movie you might want to watch... "The Abyss" (1989) by James Cameron , with Ed Harris and Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio... it is a beautiful movie. Thank you so much Cassie for bringing a lot of life and joy into my everyday life. It is so fun to re-watch movies for the first time all over again. I am so grateful to you. Thank you!

[@jamiegagnon6390]

But, I hope she watches the version with the alternate ending....

[@machetealvarez]

Ed Harris was great on State of Grace Eye for an eye A history of Violence

[@leighhunt6331]

I laughed so hard when she didn't recognize Ed Harris, because it was actually Ed Harris, and not Viggo Mortensen.

[@SmokeDogg11]

Same. 😂

[@tonyweaver2353]

Yea Viggo Mortensen was pretty good in this

[@AlexG-xl1cc]

Did she do a History of Violence? They are both in that idk why she gets them confused lol

[@jamiegagnon6390]

@@tonyweaver2353 When he lead the army of Gondor into the city of Stalingrad it was epic...

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

That was Appaloosa.

[@patrickdepew4976]

When I saw that this movie was winning the poll, my initial thought was, "Wow, some people want to really torture Cassie's emotions with this one." I remember being at a female friend's house one night about 20 years ago. She was flipping through channels and came upon the start of this movie. As soon as the carnage started, she eagerly changed the channel. And judging from Cassie's past reactions, I just had a feeling this might be too intense for her. I think I was kinda right, but as always I admire Cassie for sticking with it until the end.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Yeah but she really liked it. So if you thought it was too intense for her you just denied her one of her favorite movies potentially.... Her reaction was perfect. She enjoyed the sht outta this movie. I could really tell. Well... it appeared to me she was.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@KurticeYZreacts I think that she liked the love story but I doubt that she would ever rewatch it on the grounds of the abundant graphic death shots.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

@@mnomadvfx you may be right but as a guy that doesnt mind a good love story... its one of my fav war flicks

[@Johnny_Socko]

I've always loved this movie, but I haven't seen it in years, and somehow it is even more brutal than I remembered. I honestly thought it would be an easier time than Saving Private Ryan, but on top of all the violence, this one has the grim despair of Stalingrad as a constant backdrop.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

@@Johnny_Socko love that. Idky russian ww2 stuff fascinates me. So much more grimy & desperate. Makes me feel lucky to be an american who admires russian's resilience. Im a huge tokarev fanboy even though mine just broke. Still the best gun in the world. The part im replacing was 5 bux. 1911 rip off but its a genius design. Minus the part that broke... it was designed later. On my yugo m57 tokarev. Its dif than russian one but its still the best pistol imo. Sorry for overly explaining my fascinations

[@michaelw8262]

"Did the Russian people like Stalin?" Popularity isn't completely irrelevant for dictators, but the Soviets disappeared enough people who criticized him to make everyone go along.

[@coyotefever105]

They feared him

[@auerstadt06]

Intelligent people feared him. The stupid ones loved him.

[@Fangtorn]

@@auerstadt06 I think it would be far more fair to say _informed_ people feared him, uninformed people loved him. If you're a peasant in the backwaters of rural Russia it would be pretty easy to fall for the idea of Stalin as this semi-divine champion of Russia, just as their ancestors did for the Tsars before him.

[@jonc7739]

It was more a question of "Do you want to be alive in the morning?"

[@AlexG-xl1cc]

Even the most pro-Stalin people changed their tune immediately after he died. We have a term for it, 'Destalinization'.

[@erictaylor5462]

You should check out The Longest Day, Many of the actors in this film were actual veterans of that battle. One of the actors had been a runner, delivering messages from place to place. He plays a general that he had delivered messages to in the battle, and they reenact this in the movie, so the actor is interacting with an actor who is playing him. In the movie theme they play the first 3 notes of Beethoven's 5th, which is the letter V in Morris Code.

[@asneakychicken322]

Regarding V in morse code, that was also something at the time, not just a theme for the movie, allied radio broadcasted it into occupied Europe and in occupied areas civilians would sound it out by hitting things when Germans passed by to unnerve them and to show that they still believed they would win in the end. The whole V for Victory was a big deal, also why Churchill often made the V with his fingers.

[@AndreasE]

Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev is one of the most menacing movie performances ever, and so far from Bob's usual style in movies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Super Mario Bros, Hook etc.

[@christopherwall2121]

You know who else was really menacing as Khrushchev? Steve Buscemi, no joke

[@AndreasE]

@@christopherwall2121 Yes, absolutely true! It's almost as if Khrushchev inspired great menacing performances :D

[@bignose8614]

You should see him in the 1980 British gangster film "The Long Good Friday", he's an intelligent, sinister, total villain.

[@e.d.2096]

Cassie, treat Carly to a great western that takes place in Australia! "Quigley Down Under" you haven't seen a Tom Selleck film on your channel. This IMO is his finest role. A decent man doing the right thing. And there's even a love story thrown in! Please give it some consideration! 😊

[@ryanweintraub9448]

I second Quigley Down Under. Alan Rickman is the bad guy. Surprisingly good

[@e.d.2096]

@@ryanweintraub9448 Thank you Ryan! And yes Alan Rickman plays an excellent villain!

[@promiscuous675]

It is a good movie, and one of the best westerns to come out of the nineties. I think it is the role that best fits his public persona. Obviously being made in Australia makes it a better western since it is further west than America

[@tonythepolishbear5269]

Such a good movie, good pick idea.

[@e.d.2096]

​@@tonythepolishbear5269 Thanks Tony. I think the film would be a really good addition to the channel.

[@stevenreyngold1166]

My grandfather fought in Stalingrad, well, for about 15 minutes at least. A German stick grenade blew just a few yards from him and several of his comrads were killed and took most of the shrapnel. He had several pieces hit him however that came very close to ending his life. He survived, and was one of the lucky few that didn't die in that horrific battle. This is one of my favorite WWII movies as it gives a small glimps of what a nightmare this battle was. It was like D-Day, but a hundred times longer. It is very possible that if the Nazi forces weren't stopped and forced to retreat from Stalingrad, that the war could have gone a very different way for everyone.

[@benjauron5873]

That's the thing about the Battle of Stalingrad. It was such a meat grinder, NOBODY survived it unscathed. The USSR honored them the rest of their lives, interviewed them for news and documentaries and such, but to a man, the only reason they were able to claim the title of "Stalingrad Survivor" was because they all got wounded somehow and had to be pulled out of the action.

[@operator0]

Hitler and Stalin's ego were what made this batle such a meat grinder. The Germans didn't necessarily need to take the city to achieve their immediate strategic goals. They could have bypassed it and continued south to the oil fields of the Caucuses. Stalin could have given up half the city that was on the other side of the river and just set up fortifications on their side. Alas, the name of the city is what drove these two ego-maniacs to kill so many men.

[@marco_loewert]

My grandfather fought for the Germans in Stalingrad. He survived, was imprisoned in Russia for several years and survived that too. He came back to Germany in 1948 and never spoke about what he had experienced.

[@johnbuono9475]

Americans are woefully uninformed about this war-there were numerous battles between these 2 countries that had more casualties than the USA suffered in the entire 4 years we were involved. WW II in Europe was essentially a war between Germany and the USSR.

[@karlmoles6530]

Yes, it was like D-Day every day for months. Good allusion.

[@Hodnefjel]

Pretty bummed I only just recently found this channel but Ive binge watched about 100 of your reactions in the last two weeks, lmao. You're too genuine and good at what you do. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@Ben_Demon_Hunter]

One of the best & most genuine Reaction Channels- period.

[@SGTMARSHALL1]

it is easier for me to watch graphic war scenes than it is to watch these movies take their toll on those sisters. I think she took the movie 🍿 " 300 " better than this one

[@paulanerruhrpott6188]

Shes good, but i prefer Tbr Schmitt and his wife Samantha.

[@Ben_Demon_Hunter]

@paulanerruhrpott6188 what is the name of their channel? Thanks

[@Ben_Demon_Hunter]

@@paulanerruhrpott6188 found it, thanks

[@WedgeTheEagle]

I have loved this movie ever since I first saw it in theaters. Very underrated, IMO. Both Law & Harris are excellent in it.

[@ferrumtv7421]

If this crap is underrated film to you, well I have bad news for you...

[@honor-dm2pz]

to insult our great-grandfathers with such garbage.

[@dudewithfairhair]

This is my newest favourite channel. As a person who loves showing other people good war movies, watching your reactions to them is really rewarding. :)

[@joelrayner2960]

Memphis Belle would be another great one for war movie Wednesday, following an American bomber crew during WW2

[@NefariousKoel]

I definitely second this!

[@cardiac19]

Third.

[@danielp8433]

@@cardiac19 yes . great movie !

[@fixfalcon2628]

Yes!! Memphis Belle!!

[@evanwakelin7944]

Great underrated movie.

[@JASmith-oy8db]

28:10 - 28:16 Ed’s acting is superb. He really conveys that death is upon him and accepts it. Gives me chills every time I see it.

[@ben2741]

A great “well played” moment

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

@@ben2741 "Clever girl."

[@mikef2811]

You need to watch "Letters from Iwo Jima" directed by Client Eastwood. It is interesting from the viewpoint from the Japanese.

[@Manu-rb6eo]

And Stalingrad from 1993. The cross of Iron also

[@StephenLuke]

And Flags of our Fathers (2006).

[@billthomas478]

She's got to see "flags of our fathers" first because they have intersecting scenes where you see the same thing from both sides. But she definitely should watch Letters from Iwo jima, and The Thin Red Line

[@deathtoraiden2080]

@@billthomas478 The Thin Red Line is the most pretentious garbage i ever watched. Great cinematography, terrible, laughable movie. If you're in your first year of film school and enjoy a soy latte while getting high on your own methane, this is the movie for you.

[@ralphdougherty1844]

At least Letters From Iwo Jima actually happened unlike this drivel

[@Gr13fM4ch1n3]

The love story is actually one of the main reasons why I like this movie. Yeah I like the sniper VS sniper aspect a lot, but I was rooting so hard for both of them to be together.

[@Creativesucks]

The opening reminded me of one of the earliest Call of Duty games when you play as a Russian soldier. You're forced through the line where they're handing out rifles and you're not given one. After the scripted sequence of the rifle line, sprawled out in front of you is the hell depicted in this movie. I was aghast AND unarmed. I thought the game bugged out and I reloaded the level. I was again NOT given a rifle. I tried to swim around all the bullshit to a safer approach and was shot by a Russian officer. I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of the situation, reloaded once again and trudged forward. One of the best games I've ever played.

[@ferrumtv7421]

Of course it's movie remind you CoD mission. One shitty idiots stole everything from the other.

[@muslimprophet]

Finest Hour was so good. Truly a great game.

[@evilbabai7083]

Except none of that really happened, but whatever

[@dalemundy2279]

I saw this at the theater, and I agree with your final statement completely. The effects were intense (especially on the big screen), Law & Harris were exceptional!

[@McPh1741]

Joseph Fiennes played Danilov. He was in another really good but underrated WW2 movie called “The Great Raid”. It actually an accurate movie about the rescue of US POWs in the Philippines. 120 Army Rangers snuck 30 miles into enemy territory and rescued around 500 POWs that had been held for 3 years since since the Japanese conquered The Philippines.

[@timmooney7528]

Joseph Fiennes is also in The Red Baron. He plays Roy Brown

[@B0mber44]

One of my favourite war movies is Tears of the Sun. It’s not based on a true story, but it’s story is great and Bruce Willis does an amazing job as the main character. Basically a team of Navy SEALs are sent into the African rainforest in Nigeria to rescue a doctor, but she refuses to leave the hospital without the patients in her care. Some scenes are quite graphic, but it still is a great movie. Highly underrated in my personal opinion. Cheers.

[@rahtikone]

🥱👎

[@B0mber44]

@@rahtikone thanks for your opinion.

[@evilbabai7083]

Tears of the Sun is a documentary in comparison to that circus

[@Reichol_]

@25:23 “On the train, I saw you, you were reading and you fell asleep. I didn’t dare to look at you, you were so beautiful. I couldn’t stop thinking about you, of all the men who would get to hold you…” “Holy crap😭” “…And now I’m the one lying next to you” 🤣 girl I’m sorry, you got me there. I will forever love that line in this movie. So sweet. & I love you kept the scene at 28:18. I love the intensity in that scene and Vasili doesn’t hesitate. Love the reaction❤

[@Yggdrasil42]

Such a tense movie. I love it. That scene inside the factory is nail-biting.

[@shainewhite2781]

Despite the historical inaccuracies, I thought it was a pretty good epic war drama. My parents and I saw this in the theater and we loved it.

[@mnz6324ify]

well duh not many people that were alive on that day are still there when they made that movie. Who fucking cares if its that accurate.

[@AnthonyLopez-lb2bd]

@@mnz6324ify plenty were still alive and plenty are still alive, and it says something when Soviet Veterans wanted it banned

[@steveswafen2528]

@@mnz6324ify Who cares if a world event like a World War is accurate! Mate this isn't Disney where it's all make believe, many relatives of veterans obviously for one want an accurate depiction instead of hollyweirds interpretation 🤔

[@rodneypayne4827]

​@@AnthonyLopez-lb2bd exactly, what would Americans do if Russia made a movie about D-DAY and just made the whole thing up? This film is rubbish.

[@CarbonPixel78]

@@rodneypayne4827 It would be a cult classic and no one would take it seriously.

[@TheWadetube]

Rachael Weiss was at her best in "The Mummy" with Brendon Fraser and it was his best role too. Heroic and romantic but he was also a scoundrel but honorable. What a great movie and if you do watch it definately watch the behind the scenes and the video commentary with Brendon Fraser also. Then there is the sequel, which was just as good, Oded Fher returns to help. The third mummy movie was okay but Rachael was not in it so it could not be as good. There are so many treats in The Mummy including one of the last roles for Bernard Fox, a famous character actor who was in Bewitched, Hogans Heroes and even the Andy Griffith Show as a british Butler... he was also one of the well to do patrions in The Titannic with Leo and Kate. What a career comeback for the old actor. Loved your reaction, sorry it hurt so much.

[@davidsumner7604]

The decision to not set Mummy 3 during WW2 and instead set it a couple years later is such a bafflingly idiotic choice. It makes no sense for somebody to comment on their actions during the war... you know, a story that we would have much rather seen! Maria Bello is a fine actress but she was not able to replace the gap left by Weisz's absence.

[@bdkj3e]

I recently watched the first 2 mummy movies with my youngest child, she absolutely loved them.

[@stevemccullagh36]

Rachel Weisz is also excellent in The Constant Gardener with Ralph Fiennes, which is very good.

[@matthintz9468]

When it comes to a lot of WWI and WWII movies, it's not uncommon for British actors to play, well, everyone (except Australians). We're watching this film from a third person omniscient perspective, so although everyone is speaking English, and (mostly) speaking with English accents, we "understand" as the audience that they're actually speaking in their native languages with native accents.

[@Jessica_Roth]

The funny part here is seeing Ron Perlman, an American (the big guy telling the stories), putting on a British accent so he'll fit in with the "Russians".

[@johnrogan9729]

@@Jessica_Roth I found that humorous/odd too.

[@blowingfree6928]

@@Jessica_Roth Not a British accent, a very poor Australian accent. He has as much talent with accents as Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

[@kenle2]

In movie/TV writing, this is called a "translation convention". The audience is supposed to assume the speaker is using his native language, but they hear the conversation in their own language, since most actors in one country can't speak the language their CHARACTER is supposed to be speaking. Subtitles can also be used, for "authenticity" but that usually limits your choice of actors and a whole lot of potential viewers (PAYING customers) either won't go see a movie where they have to read all the dialog off the bottom of the screen or they won't consider a movie where they don't recognize any of the actors in it if it's cast from all "native" speakers.

[@michaelstach5744]

Trivia for you… Richard Harris plays an Australian in Guns of Navarrone. Ok a small part but still

[@leoneverest]

This is my favorite WW2 movie. It throws you into the Hell that was Stalingrad but still allows humanity to survive in the debris. Such a great cast and, like you said, great scenery. And I will never not love Rachel Weisz.

[@bunnitomoe3866]

Too bad that it's not accurate at all except the love story

[@jeremiahhunt1998]

I recommend watching the Soviet film "Come and See" from 1985. One of the greatest films of all time.

[@karlmoles6530]

I have a Doctorate in History and I love this movie. Historical accuracy isn't something I get wrapped around the axle over when it comes to Entertainment.

[@mattiasakemalm1412]

Well, what do people expect? A film has to be watchable, if you want historical accuracy, get a book (or plenty of them to be sure) and to the effort.

[@kenle2]

I love the quote that is kind of relevant to this "historical accuracy" argument: "Of course 'truth is stranger than fiction'.. Fiction has to make sense."

[@karlmoles6530]

@@mattiasakemalm1412 Exactly.

[@joeybossolo7]

Despite the historical inaccuracies this is one helluva good war flick. And as others have mentioned, as bad as the movie makes it look, Stalingrad was much worse. It is estimated that 2.2 million people died there in the 5 months that the siege lasted. That’s roughly 15,000 people killed each day. Let that sink in.

[@ryanjohnson3749]

The Soviet Union suffered on average 18-19 thousand dead per day EVERYDAY for almost 4 years……let that sink in

[@stevedietrich8936]

It's also more than 4 times as many people as either the United Kingdom or the United States lost in the entire 2nd World War. Let that sink in.

[@carlox1266]

There were around 2 million casualties , that includes the wounded , prisoners and the missing . The deathtoll for the Soviets was around 450 thousand .

[@Velanteg]

@@ryanjohnson3749 And most of them were civilians murdered by germans.

[@duanelavely5481]

The British & Americans were not involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. If they made this movie with the actors speaking German & Russian they would have to use English subtitles. If they had the actors speak English with German & Russian accents many people would not watch the movie. The actors are speaking with British or American accents because they are British & American actors.

[@Johnny_Socko]

Yeah, Hollywood used to have their English-speaking actors put on fake Russian accents to indicate that they are speaking Russian, and the reason they don't do that anymore is because it's just dumb.

[@leonardodavid4670]

Yep, i was going to say that, some people just forget to think most times, and not pay any attention and then keep asking for answers in front of then, tipical of humans hehe.

[@victorsouza676]

​@@leonardodavid4670 womans...

[@Turvok]

The battle for stalingrad was the deadliest battle in world war 2. More than two million combat casualties. (I don't believe that number includes civilians) its a hard bloody part of history to learn about. This movie shows a bit of the scope but tells a more personal story within it. It's a great movie for it.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

depends - if you only count the human casualties, there were very few.

[@just_camping_backpack]

My great-grandfather fought at Stalingrad, not directly in it but nearby. He was a soldier in the Royal Hungarian Army (ally of Germany)

[@matthewganong1730]

Saw this one in theaters as a high school kid and loved it. I’ve always thought it deserved more love. But it seems like it’s better loved than I thought. Love the cat and mouse aspect with Zaitsev and Koenig.

[@nikitakuznetsov8446]

If someone made a movie about US troops in ww2 being all scared and shit and forced to fight at gun point would you appreciate that?

[@matthewganong1730]

@@nikitakuznetsov8446 I’m not really sure what you’re asking.

[@TheRiehlThing42]

Love how involved you get in these reactions. Not the most historically accurate movie, but it was definitely a gripping movie. All the actors did a good job. I saw Ron Pearlman, and thought for sure he'd be around for awhile, didn't think he would die so fast.

[@coryrudy98]

I feel like a lot of the reaction is fake for the camera, but that's kind of the appeal for reaction videos. I'm here for the actual movie.

[@billybrasky4278]

If you think her reactions are fake you have not been following her Chanel very long. Her n her sister are as genuine as they come.

[@coryrudy98]

@@billybrasky4278 I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it; I'm just saying it's what reaction videos are. She might be affected by movies/TV shows, but when she's normally a 7 or an 8 if she watches something alone, she dials it up to 11 when there's a camera in front of her. There's nothing wrong with it; nobody wants to watch a reaction video if they watched something the way a normal person does. Whatever makes her money, I guess. I'm just saying it's not normal to be talking through a movie you haven't seen before and act like you are completely shocked that there would be violence in a war or action movie.

[@Desmond9100]

@@coryrudy98 Maybe she is not acting to be shocked, maybe she is genuinely shocked to see violence on screen, maybe some people are built different, what is normal to you is not normal for others or maybe you are simply right. I believe her reactions to be 99% genuine and you believe differently. Sadly there is no airtight proof in this case.

[@coryrudy98]

@@Desmond9100 To each their own. I’m just saying that’s what reaction KZbin videos are. Or I guess it’s what 99.9999% of all KZbin “personas.” It’s fake, and that’s OK. Does it matter if she is faking her reaction, as long as you’re entertained by it?

[@syntheticx7289]

I think it's funny how she willingly reacts to war movies but has a meltdown anytime someone gets killed 😂

[@mikef2811]

Cassie wants a war movie without ANY deaths😁😁😁

[@jamiegagnon6390]

No, that is exactly the reaction the moviemakers are aiming for. Unfortunately a lot of us don't have that level of empathy.

[@Moritz19081980]

@@jamiegagnon6390 "that level of empathy"...It's called acting.

[@coryrudy98]

It's a reaction video; it's mostly for show. I'm not saying people don't feel emotions when watching movie, but reaction videos are ALWAYS dialed up to 11.

[@natalijalaonar8187]

Same. War movies and 'scary' movies. I think she knows we like seeing her melting down XD

[@aowtweek5347]

Do anti-war movies such as The Thin Red Line. Beautiful cinematography, poetic and dialogue so good you can almost quote every line in the movie.

[@andrewwestman2407]

“The one with the rifle shoots. The one without, follows him. When the one with the rifle gets killed….the one who follows picks up the rifle and shoots!” Chilling orders.

[@marykennedy2051]

Also NEVER happened.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

21:24 "That was the most unromantic romantic thing ive ever seen" 😂😂😂 i know... that seggz scene is ridiculously great. Great chemistry

[@tomelliott7793]

I was just recently sick in bed for 2 weeks and I've thoroughly enjoyed watching all my favorite movies, for what seemed like the first time, through your eyes. Thanks for the great content 👍

[@framergod69]

Steve is that you

[@jakecleveland1051]

They shoot at the bodies, just in case someone is still alive in there, which their happened to be two soldier who actually were!

[@becca1189]

Highly recommend "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2007). Also, every Ken Burns documentary. They were aired by PBS & are therefor already broken up into episodes. Burns balances the heavier aspects of the subjects he covers with hope & humor. A series of videos just for his documentaries would be amazing!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@Renoistic]

My grandfather was an Hungarian who was forcefully conscripted by the Axis and fought in Stalingrad. He was shot in the face, captured and thrown in a POW camp. He survived somehow (only a handful made it back) but never managed to live a normal life after that.

[@Rosedach]

Other good WWII movies are "Patton," "The Longest Day" and "A Bridge to Far." Also, "Kelly's Heroes" is a good comedy-drama.

[@JackRabbitSlim]

"Always with the negative waves!"

[@davedalton1273]

Don't forget The Big Red One. Why does no one ever mention it? Directed by Sam Fuller, (who was there) the most storied American Infantry division of WW2. I said infantry, so I am excluding the airborne divisions, especially the 101st and the 82nd. They fought in North Africa, Sicily and were at Omaha on D-Day. Has nobody out there seen it?

[@utcnc7mm]

Somehow I can't see her enjoying "PATTON" now "Kelly's Heroes" I think she'll like.

[@ClintonHegney]

Windtalkers.

[@samellowery]

@@utcnc7mm or the dirty dozen.

[@brandyjones1131]

I am totally confused as to how Cassie's brain works. She thought that there were British soldiers in the mix of this battle because she heard British accents but completely accepted that both the Russians and the Germans all spoke English! Funny how in movies made for English speaking audiences that happens!

[@eve-llblyat2576]

The more a problem of bad education. I mean :" diD tHe ruSSisaNS LovEd sTaLin?" is a good indicator of how cassies brain works. Or the question if the soldiers thrown into battle a professional trained soldiers. Maybe its the reason because usa mostly didnt took part in the war against germany, the us didnt teach the subject like the countrys who realy took part in the war.

[@stevenvandenbosch5528]

She should watch 'Allo 'Allo then....

[@leeeastwood6368]

@@stevenvandenbosch5528 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jun6174]

No one questions how every alien in movies speaks English either. It's accepted by audiences. It's perfectly reasonable to question why actors in an American movie set in Russia directed by a French director have British accents... Or did YOU think it's a British film? Lol

[@maegalodonus]

Yep, it's really weird that british actors speak with british accents in a hollywood movie that shows the russian perspective (sic) of the war. I also like that all her knowledge of History comes from movies. Regarding the brain issue... well, let's just agree that it's an american brain. 😂

[@ariochiv]

The helmets are mainly for defense against shrapnel and shell fragments -- they won't stop a bullet, especially not one from a sniper rifle.

[@PUARockstar]

They didn't used special sniper rifles back then. They simply mounted a scope on the most accurate Mosin rifles (after some shoot testing) they can find and gave them to snipers. Regular soldier used the same Mosin rifles, just scopeless.

[@ralphgrandizio]

Add Memphis Belle to your war movie list. It is very underrated.

[@benjaminbufordbubbablue624]

❤

[@martystocks1984]

The true story of what Stalin did to his own countryman in this war makes Hitler look like a choir boy,I will leave it at that

[@matthewganong1730]

While this is based on a true story, there is debate about whether the villain, Major Koenig (Ed Harris) actually existed. The real Vasily Zaytsev spoke in detail about having a three-day long duel with him during the Battle of Stalingrad. However, there is no surviving record of him in German military records. Some believe he was made up by the Russian press to create an engaging story.

[@mscommerce]

As for British accents, that's an old thing. Just watch Doctor Zhivago. All the Russians in that very great romantic movie, made in the '60s, speak with British accents!

[@wesburnett5309]

The duel between Law and Ed Harris is crazy

[@SNOOPY_-]

and utterly fake

[@Uncle_T]

If you want to see a great movie about the fighting in Stalingrad from the German perspective, Stalingrad from 1993 directed by Joseph Vilsmaier is definitely worth a watch. And the Germans speak German and the Soviets speak Russian in that one. :)

[@seanmiller5460]

Extremely underrated film!!! One of my favorite war films. I believe it's from the director of Das boot.

[@RealNotallGaming]

I love the fact that, unlike many people who watch war movies, your reactions are always those of a person who hates war and violence, who unlike many people can't get used to it, who doesn't harden the heart in the face of violent scenes ... respect

[@MrTickleTrunk]

THe most horrifying part about movies like this is that what soldiers went through was probably much, much worse than what was depicted on the screen. Especially what you see at the beginning. War is always hell on earth. 😞

[@AlanYoungIII]

What can never be portrayed, at least I hope not, is the smell of death. It adds an extra layer of horror to an already horrific time. And these scenes rarely ever show someone having to pick pieces of their enemies--and their buddies--out of their hair.

[@zahrans]

Best to remember though that this is a movie and not a documentary. For example the whole _"2 soldiers for 1 weapon"_ bit was completely made up either due to dramatic purposes or the age-old anti-soviet Cold War preconceptions about USSR still preveling in the west. Ditto also for the needless _"human wave attack"_ shown.

[@PUARockstar]

Over 40 people I personally knew IRL were killed in ongoing war right now. The stories are brutal. And first weeks were nightmare for me personally as well

[@cikame]

I'm glad Russia doesn't throw their people unprepared into wars anymore...

[@jamiegagnon6390]

@@cikame Ohh, the irony....

[@loon-a-sea3872]

how about christian bale as a young boy in spielberg's empire of the sun? an amazing actor even at that young age. an excellent war movie told from another different vantage point (japan in china).

[@neilbiggs1353]

It was amusing to see Cassie react to Rachel Weisz "oh she was in..." - It got me thinking about the absurd range of films she has been in from he comedy/action froth of The Mummy to the brilliant and heartbreaking Constant Gardener. I don't know if Cassie would do a series of films with a certain actor or actress, but Rachel Weisz would be an interesting candidate if she did. When I saw this in the poll, I thought it would be a great one for Cassie to react to as it has some very personal aspects. You have that duel between the two strong personalities, and you have the weight of being an object of propaganda, and then you have the relationships that Vasiliy forms with the people around him. I was not surprised to see how strongly she reacted to it! Staying with films about the Russia with English accents, I'd like to nominate "The Death Of Stalin" as something for Cassie to watch with her sister - it's such a different style of humour that I have no idea how they'd get on with it

[@noeltobitdelafuente5743]

Other war films you might enjoy reacting to are: 1) Das Boot 2) The Imitation Game 3) Operation Mincemeat 4) Eye Of The Needle 5) The Boy In Striped Pajamas 6) The Dirty Dozen 7) The Bridge On The River Kwai 8) Valkyrie 9) Jakob The Liar 10) A Bridge Too Far 11) Escape From Sobibor 12) The Scarlet And The Black 13) Barefoot Gen 14) The Thin Red Line 15) The Guns Of Navarone 16) Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 17) And The Violins Stopped Playing 18) Grave Of The Fireflies 19) Empire Of The Sun 20) Platoon 21) American Sniper 22) Born On The Fourth Of July 23) Apocalypse Now 24) Full Metal Jacket 25) The Last Full Measure 26) Rescue Dawn Keep up with the great content!

[@beeeeeesbury]

All quiet on the western front also, though it might be too much for her in all honesty.

[@ilyafilru]

My grandfather fought at Stalingrad. He survived the war. There's a really good movie about a female sniper. "Battle for Sevastopol" it's in Russian with subtitles. Also "T-34" is a good one, it's about a tank crew.

[@karlmoles6530]

I loved seeing a lot of the real famous Battle of Stalingrad Locations turned into setpiece scenes. The Volga River. The Department Store, The Chemical Plant. The Railroad Station.

[@thepsychicspoon5984]

They shot at bodies because ambushers hid within them waiting for there moment to strike.

[@buddytesla]

The battle of Stalingrad was basically a battle of egos between Hitler and Stalin and literally millions of people on both sides died. The book that the movie’s based on is quite good, but is different from the film in that it focuses on the battle as a whole, with only a little bit about the rival snipers. I highly recommend watching (or even reacting to) the short video “The Fallen of World War 2”, which gives a great accounting of the massive casualties inflicted on all nations involved in the war.

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

Well, Hitler wanted the Oil in the Caucasus and Stalin didn't want to give it up. Stalingrad is in a prime position to stage logistics and troops heading to the caucasus from the soviet union. If it didn't exist, we would be watching the battle of Astrakahn or the Battle of Saratov instead, but it would probably have been just as devastating.

[@evilbabai7083]

Is better recommend to check some actual documentaries to wash away a bitter taste of that smear piece. The only things accurate in this movie is that Wehrmacht and Red Army fought in Stalingrad and that Vasily Zaitsev existed.

[@aldebaran19752000]

Fantastic movie. Ed Harris did a tremendous job. Not forgetting the score of James Horner

[@twohorsesinamancostume7606]

Just so you're aware, the whole every other guy gets a rifle thing is a myth. So is the Soviets machine gunning their own people for retreating. There was an order from Stalin that ended up being named the "not one step back" policy, but it was talking about officers who ordered a retreat without orders from headquarters. The attitude with a lot of Soviet Officers was that they had plenty of land to trade for time but by the time the "not one step back" policy was put into place those officers had given up most of the Soviet Union's farmland and oil fields. In fact, if it wasn't for America stepping in and giving the Soviets billions in financial and material aid, including millions of tons of food, the Soviet people would have starved to death not to mention run out of gunpowder, steel and oil. So what happened if a regular soldier did retreat without orders in the Soviet military? The blocking detachments in the rear wouldn't just outright kill them, retreating troops would be arrested, court-marshalled and then put in a penal legion where they would be given near suicidal missions. I know that sounds horrific, but retreating from an invading enemy when your country is on the brink of outright destruction is desertion at best, treason at worst. I know of no other military that would tolerate such a thing and to this day in Western militaries, desertion in a time of war is absolutely punishable by death. The Soviets were in a desperate situation at that point in the war and at least wanted to get some use out of you instead of wasting you by outright executing you. But this was rare. Penal battalions made up a fraction of a percent of the Soviet military. Most of the Russians fighting knew what was at stake and usually had family who was killed by the Nazis and so were extremely motivated to pay any price to beat them back.

[@Fenixx117]

Remember: Stalingrad was the bloodiest and largest battle in all of human history

[@kp4588]

Just wait. There will be another. I don’t know if it will be as bloody when the nukes vaporize.

[@lorenzolopez7434]

The Russian General in the movie, Nikita Khrushchev, went on to become the premier of the Soviet Union after the war. In October 1962 he brought the Soviet Union and the United States to the brink of a Nuclear War during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[@tamberlame27]

He wasn't a general though he was a political officer. The general was Vasily Chuikov

[@tedvalenzuela5881]

Another great video miss Cassie, you definitely should watch 13hrs next it's a fantastic movie about true events that not many people know about

[@charlize1253]

Americans are taught a lot about the Western Front where D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge were fought (because that's where America was involved), but tragically they don't know much about the battles on the Eastern Front between Germany and Russia. The Eastern Front was far more brutal and deadly than the Western Front, partly because, unlike America, Russia did not sign the Geneva Convention so the two sides did not honor the rules of war. Along with soldiers, both sides freely killed civilians by the millions. During four years of war, America suffered about 500,000 casualties combined in Europe and the Pacific. On the Eastern Front, Germany suffered 30 million, and Russia suffered 55 million. In China, the Chinese suffered about twenty million, and the Japanese lost over ten million. The Battle of Stalingrad, the subject of this movie, was the high point of the German invasion of Russia, and the Russians stopped the German advance when it demolished the entire German Sixth Army in six months of house-to-house fighting -- one million German soldiers and 1.3 million Russians died in that one city alone. And that wasn't the biggest battle between the two sides, the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of Leningrad were both even bloodier. (In the China theater, the Battle of Shanghai produced over a million Chinese and Japanese casualties in one battle). The sheer scale of the battles between the Germans and Russians, and between the Chinese and Japanese, dwarfed any battle that America ever participated in. America built about 2,000 Sherman tanks during the war. In the epic Battle of Kursk, the Russians and Germans lost a combined 5,000 tanks in about fifteen hours of tank-to-tank combat. When the Americans landed on D-Day, the Germans had 12 Army divisions posted in France to stop them; at that same moment, it had 64 Army divisions fighting the Russians (not counting the millions of soldiers it had already lost before then on the Eastern Front). When Germany invaded Russia, Stalin was caught totally by surprise, so they had to round up every citizen (including women) of fighting age and threw them into combat sometimes with only one or two days of training. Many did not know how to fire their rifles. That's why the movie depicts soldiers killing their own soldiers for deserting or retreating, because many of them did. American schools (and movies) tend to focus on the battles that America participated in, but the most important and savage battles of the war didn't involve America at all. Even among the battles that America did fight in, a lot of Americans don't know that D-Day wasn't the largest or bloodiest battle for America; both the invasion of Iwo Jima and the invasion of Okinawa were much bigger, yet Okinawa is almost entirely forgotten today.

[@HemlockRidge]

The Allies were Britain and its Commonwealth (Yes Canada, it was a Dominion at the time), the US, and the USSR, along with various Nazi conquered countries such as France and Poland, who fought out of Britain. The Axis was Germany, Italy, and Japan. After VE day, Gen. Patton wanted to rearm the Germans and fight the USSR. 40 years of Cold War leads me to believe he was right.

[@chaddnewman2699]

The Soviet Union lost something like 10-15% of their total population in the war, either directly, from combat losses, or indirectly from starvation, exposure and disease. It’s really hard to imagine a country surviving that sort of catastrophe. Then again, Stalin alone killed more Soviet subjects than the Nazis. The population of Russia has yet to recover from the twin catastrophes of WWII and Communism. Thankful and blessed to have been born here in the USA.

[@PUARockstar]

Population of Ukraine and Belarus suffered considerably more loss than population of Russia in WWII. Both of them were fully occupied at some point unlike russia

[@Panurk]

Again this false anti-Soviet propaganda. Learn history from historical documents and facts, not from Hollywood movies.

[@chaddnewman2699]

You’re right. I saw something the other day that said Belarus and Ukraine lost more citizens per capita than any other countries during the war. And this was only a few years after Ukraine lost 4-5 million people during Stalin’s Holomodor. It’s hard to imagine that level of pure human suffering.

[@andreraymond6860]

Jean-Jacques Anneaud always has some weird or original take on sex in his movies. Even The Bear has a strange scene of coupling. The Name Of The Rose has Christian Slater's monk copulating with the village girl. Quest For Fire has the 'first' missionary scene in history... Etc. So the unromantic romanttic coupling fits right in. Please watch Random Harvest. I know you'll love it.

[@Camuska]

The Name of the Rose sex scene is one of the most story relevant sex scene ever made, I'm not even joking. It's a young man, losing is virginity to exoticism in his life. It's making him rething his whole purpose : does he wants to be a man, following his heart or does he keep his vows as a monk. Does reason surpass feelings ? It's a perfect example of the whole "laugh" debate at the end.

[@skproductions7949]

Love this movie. Thanks. Another is Battle for Sevastopol, which is a Russian movie but follows a famous female Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. I thinks there's an English dubbed verison.

[@PUARockstar]

Ukrainian-Russian co-produced film about ukrainian sniper yeah, original name of the film "Indestructible" (refering her)

[@Velanteg]

@@PUARockstar Sure Lyudmila Pavlichenko would curse modern ukrains for things they did.

[@PUARockstar]

@@Velanteg quite the opposite, she would curse russian fascists like every conscious soviet, let alone Ukrainian person would

[@Velanteg]

@@PUARockstar You not have actual info to know anything about real situation here. You badly misinformed.

[@TheGnolla]

As a war movie buff and amateur historian, I hate this movie. Zaitsev fought in Stalingrad, yes. He started his career in Stalingrad, yes. He may have engaged one unnamed German sniper in a duel, yes. He learned how to shoot hunting animals, yes. But his crossing of the Volga was uneventful, and the bit about rifles for every other soldier only applied to penal battalions, as did the shooting of men that retreated. Zaitsev was a member of the Russian equivalent of Marines, and went in well equipped. This movie is melidramatic in all the wrong places and leaves me cold. I'd recommend the German "Stalingrad" from 1993. Much bleaker and more realistic. I'd also recommend "Come and see", but that movie is one of the toughest war movies to watch, along with "The Killing Fields".

[@warriorpitbull1170]

One sure sign that someone is thoroughly enjoying a difficult movie like this one is the tears. I've seen this movie a thousand times, but Cassie, your tears made my heart hurt. You're a trooper. I'm so glad you liked the movie, it's one of my favorites.

[@promontorium]

A lot of movies set in other countries and times have the characters speak English as artistic license to allow the audience to understand and feel close to the characters. It's not supposed to imply they are "actually" speaking English.

[@smigoltime]

HOW CAN SHE NOT KNOW HISTORY THAT BADLY

[@RedlandsRedhead927]

😂😂😂❤

[@Variable-2-actual]

Women, lol

[@runtwer5700]

A beautiful movie about a soldier from another country that we consider an enemy and has always had a dark past, in the American viewpoint. War brings out our true colors, and I can attest to that from being a soldier from myself. It's amazing how a movie can make us see a different perspective and root for them, even though we clash with them. We're all pawns. "He would flee, and he would be right to do so. War is the province of men, Eowyn." - Eomer.

[@trajan74]

In his Death of Stalin review, Historybuffs has a good, in universe, explanation for why actors use their native accents instead of fake Russian accent. Because the USSR was made up of many different nationalities, many of whom spoke Russian as a 2nd or 3rd language, there were many different accents.

[@johnparker5337]

You should watch Battle of Sevastopol, a Russian made film about the experience of Lyudmila Pavlochenko, a sniper with 309 confirmed kills and her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt. A brilliant film made in 2014.

[@PUARockstar]

Ukrainian-Russian co-made film (one of the very last ones)) about ukrainian sniper. It's original title is "Indestructible" (in feminine form, regards to main character)

[@hochmeisterr]

Yes ukranian sniper, very good.

[@Velanteg]

@@hochmeisterr It was soviet sniper. Modern ukrains are descendants of hitler ideology, not ussr. Pavlichenko was fighting vs people like they.

[@E3W2A]

An awesome war/drama film. I think you would also enjoy Danger Close (2019) Act of Valor (2012) The Outpost (2020) The Last Full Measure (2019) 12 Strong (2018)

[@dlpheonix]

Been more then 10 years since ive seen this. Still as amazing as i remember.

[@davidsuttles101]

As a former Army attack helicopter pilot with combat experience, great movie, great reaction. War is never glamorous…. This movie was based on a book called, “War of the Rats”.

[@BenderDigital]

Such an underrated movie; definitely my favorite Jude Law movie, with his appearance as Dr. Watson as a close second.

[@Kardashev1]

They didn't even show the cannibalism that was going on there, it was actually far worse than what they could show.

[@thehandyman2296]

One of my favorites war movies 🍿, and no, this were Russians fighting Germans. Is one of those movies were everyone speak English 😉. But based on a Real Russian Soldier .

[@lawrencejones1517]

This movie is based on the book of the same name. The movie, storywise, takes up about 5 pages of the book. And yes, it's an old saw of Hollywood's, that if you're not using an accent to portray a non American, you use a British actor to play the role. A really good movie, and definitely trying to maintain the standard set by Saving Private Ryan.

[@flerbus]

also "the war of the rats" by David L Robbins i believe

[@CxOrillion]

Also if you can't have Russians speaking Russian, it's dumb to make them speak with a fake Russian accent. Looking right at you, Red October...

[@ericwold2142]

William Craig’s book is a masterpiece!

[@ericwold2142]

@@flerbus Excellent read!

[@user-jp1tj1hr7n]

Kruchev is the same man who became leader of the Soviet Union and faced Kennedy at the Cuban Missile Crisis

[@thewildgoose7467]

Everyone who watches war movies should read "War is a Racket" by Major General Smedley D Butler. At the time of his death in 1940 he was the most decorated marine in US history. It's only a short book and is available as a free PDF, but it will change your perspective regarding war movies and wars in general.

[@Eggrollofdoom]

I played as one of the extras in this movie. We didn't get paid, but they did feed us and we got to hang around with some actors

[@andrewwiggin]

Please no one tell her how it actually ended. The reality is more romantic and more heartbreaking.

[@warren286]

Dr. Strangelove is hilarious. I also would recommend "The Russians are Coming" and "1941", for comedic war movies.

[@aaronblack7462]

Two WWII movies I'd recommend for viewing are Valkryie (2008) with Tom Cruise and the Pianist (2002) Adrian Brody. Two solid, but emotional movies.

[@jameslionspirit9636]

Defintely The Pianist. AA Best Actor Adrian Brody

[@aaronblack7462]

@@jameslionspirit9636 Watched that one for the first time, a couple years ago. Regret not viewing it sooner.

[@RichardFay]

For a good war/adventure movie, you might look at "The Lighthorsemen" and Australian film about the campaign in Palestine in WWI. "They're just shooting at dead bodies for fun" - they're shooting them to make sure that they're really dead. The soldier with the glasses isn't really a soldier, he's a "Commissar", a political officer whose job is to make sure that the soldiers remain loyal (because Stalin was paranoid about possible disloyalty in the Army). Stalingrad was strategically important because of its location on the Volga, but Hitler cared about it because of the symbolism of the name - "Stalin's city". So he refused to give it up even when his best generals advised him to do so; Von Manstein said "Better to lose a city than an army", but Hitler didn't agree so he ended up losing both. Because it was a city the fighting was usually at very close range and was pretty much hell for both sides, but the Russians could replace their losses and the Germans couldn't.

[@SubVet84]

“They’re shooting their own soldiers…can’t they come back and make a plan…there is no value of life.” Are you reacting to the movie or Russia’s current war? 80 years later and they haven’t learned a better way.

[@eq1373]

They're doing the same thing this very second