![]() ![]() During a Soviet attack, Witzland, Reiser, Rollo, Emigholtz, and "G.G." Müller go down to secure the sewers, during which time Kolya runs away. Witzland's platoon is surrounded in a decrepit building. There's a few moments of bonding as the Russian child tries to speak with the soldiers with what little German he knows, he introduces himself as Kolya. Witzland angrily assaults Müller as he returns and they get into an argument. ![]() Midway through, Müller (called "HGM" to distinguish him from other Müllers) breaks the ceasefire, and in the ensuing chaos a Russian child that the Soviets sent gets caught into the ranks of Witzland and Reiser as they run back towards their company. ![]() Later, Witzland requests a ceasefire with the Soviets so both sides can collect their wounded, which they agree to. Musk leads an assault on a factory, which results in heavy casualties. Witzland's platoon joins a company commanded by Hauptmann Hermann Musk. Their unit is promptly sent to the Eastern Front to fight in the Battle of Stalingrad. In August 1942, German soldiers enjoy leave in Cervo, Liguria, Italy, after fighting at the First Battle of El Alamein, where Unteroffizier Manfred "Rollo" Rohleder and Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser are introduced to Leutnant Hans von Witzland, their new platoon commander. It was predated by the 1959 Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben ( Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?). The film is the second German movie to portray the Battle of Stalingrad. It follows a platoon of German Army soldiers transferred to the Eastern Front of World War II, where they find themselves fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. ![]()
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