Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Robert Vanleeuwen While it wasn't as seamless a movie as I'd normally like. It was a good portrayal. There were a few language issues and this movie would have been excellent in true languages, fluent German is what I kept wanting to hear and it's honestly the only reason it took me 3 days to watch. The film itself was in high quality and pleasing to look at. Not to mention the message was important. You who judge against these men are the trash, not them. The sacrifice made by the German soldiers to defend their homes and their homeland, not to mention, arguably rid the world of an even worse regime in Russia - while we the US called Russia (40 million killed in genocide, much more than Germany) - our Ally is completely stupid. This movie reminds us that we are looking at this all wrong. Stop looking at the political case and start looking at the human one. Deep and powerful. Highly recommend. once they put the true languages in. LOL It'll be on my shelf.

hecktimothy If you're looking for a school-book view of WW2, this is the wrong film for you. However, this extremely low-budget ($15k!) debut by 22-year-old Alessandro Pepe (who also composed the soundtrack) succeeds on its own terms, which is simply to present the war as (selectively?) remembered by some SS combat veterans, which it does magnificently. Yes, the result is airbrushed: on a trivial level, everyone is clean, healthy, and wears new clothes, even in 1944; more seriously, the war crimes depicted are routine -- shooting prisoners in the heat of battle, done by both sides, which of course seems to deny the massacres of civilians and genocide that were only committed by the Germans.Clumsy expository sections tacked on at the start and end of the film don't really help, but I think the director is sincere in his wish to be true to the subjective experience of these soldiers, something he manages with exceptional maturity (which, unfortunately, only makes the weakness of the closing voice-over more blatant.)I think Pepe should be given full credit for his remarkable achievement, and allowed a little leeway on not covering all bases.However, for balance, ALSO watch the following:> Son of Saul by László Nemes> Come and See by Elem Klimov> Stalingrad by Joseph VilsmaierAnd for bonus points:> In the Fog by Sergei Loznitsa> Lore by Cate Shortland> The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Vittorio De Sica

mrgarabaldi I watched this movie and yes the acting could have been better, but the gear was pretty realistic, Yeah the Tanks were cover over T55's but they tried to use the correct gear for the Germans, Russians and Americans, which is more than a lot of war movies have done. The savagery shown especially on the eastern front the Germans shooting wounded Russians did happen quite a lot, and the Soviets especially the NKVD would do the same to Germans. Less than 10,000 Germans came back from Soviet Captivity. The movie shows an individual soldier perspective and the relations to "his Kamaraden". The movie shows a soldier fighting for his friends and no longer for the cause.

aldekztatr Netflix should be responsible for spreading fascist propaganda. It is a shame that Netfix dares showing a movie that glorifies SS murderers! Acting is terrible. Storyline - boring. Dialogs - artificial. Scenenery - repetitive. This poorly directed, low budget movie is solely created to show that SS murderers were honest , innocent soldiers.Shame on you! Why FBI did not stop its distribution ?