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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 01:24 PM
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How come there's never any good WWII films about the Eastern Front?
I liked Enemy at the Gates, but was disappointed at the liberties the filmmakers took.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 01:25 PM
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1. No didn't happen not important
Just kidding. I thought Enemy at the Gates was good by itself but the anomaly that it was -a movie about the German Russian war- made it all the more interesting.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 01:35 PM
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2. Dude!
Superior film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108211/
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 06:02 AM
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11. Best war movie.Ever.
Also one of the heaviest.
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 03:10 PM
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3. Cross of Iron

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/#comment

It doesn't get any better.
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Cobalt-60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 07:09 PM
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8. seconded, highly recommended
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Cobalt-60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 07:10 PM
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9. There are the RKO pics
There are a number of RKO flicks dataing from WWII as well.
Gregory Peck makes his debut in one of them.
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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 09:45 AM
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13. Great movie!
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 06:41 AM
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12. Bingo! We have a winner!....
...:thumbsup:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 03:13 PM
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4. Nobody survived?
:shrug:
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 03:14 PM
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5. Stalingrad
A German film from a few years back.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 03:19 PM
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6. See #2
Guess I shoulda actually mentioned the name, huh? :blush:
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 09:52 AM
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14. Yeah, "Stalingrad" makes "Saving Private Ryan" look like
"Follow Me, Boys."

It's a good movie.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 03:55 PM
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7. It's too difficult of a choice
You have the evil Commie-Pinkos on one side, and the Evil Nazis on the other side.

If you have one side as the good guys, you'd blow almost every Hollywood war movie stereotype out of the water.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 05:29 AM
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10. These are all good
Mein Krieg (1990)

Talvisota (1989)

Idi i smotri (1985)

Cross of Iron (1977)

Ivanovo detstvo (1962)

Ballada o soldate (1959)

Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959)

Kanal (1957)
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 09:56 AM
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15. Hogan's Heroes?
Wait, I guess those were just idle threats.

"KLINK!!!"
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 10:00 AM
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16. Cross of Iron
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 10:09 AM
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18. . oops
Edited on Tue Feb-27-07 10:09 AM by Deep13
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 10:01 AM
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17. Because that it would involve OMG TEH COMMYS
and we can't have anything doing that, can we?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 12:45 PM
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19. I found this little gem the other day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xs8TVkJSUc
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 01:09 PM
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20. I just watched it.
I enjoyed the chuckle I got from it. Gremlins from the Kremlin, indeed.
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