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El Che -> (10/20/2000 7:07:00 PM)
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My favorite war movies are “Cross of Iron”, “Stalingrad” and “A bridge to far”
But I saw one that although is not my favorite at all, none of you had mentioned:
“The Battle for Moscow”
A soviet four hours (yes for hours!) Pre-Perestroika Neo-Stalinist propaganda film made on 1985 (puagh!). I’m serious the movie its a disaster: some times looks like a movie, some other times looks like a documental. During the battles the Russians kill mountains of Germans, so you want to ask “Hey, If you kill that much of your enemies, why are you on full retreat?” And during one battle there is a Russian soldier who say a poem about the courage of the red army. So all the movie is the eulogy of the party in such terms that even the members of the party could understand.
But it have some interesting points:
1- The actor who plays Zhukov its incredible: He looks like Zhukov, he acts like Zhukov, he press his teeth as you imaging that Zhukov did, he dismisses inapt general as you could wait of Zhukov, and he stopped the Nazis at the gates of Moscow as Zhukov.
2- There are a lot (A LOT) of T-34 and Pz-IV fighting in a lot of battles. Although they are a mix of T-34 model 1941, 1942, 1943 and even T-34/85 fighting during the defense of Moscow, and the Pz-IV seems to be models g or f2(s).
3- Finally, the film shows you all the battles fought during the campaign, and even explains you the tactic and strategic importance of each of them.
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No Pasarán!!
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