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Chiens, à vous de crever !

Original title: Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben
  • 1959
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  • 1h 33m
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7.2/10
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Chiens, à vous de crever ! (1959)
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In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.

  • Director
    • Frank Wisbar
  • Writers
    • Frank Dimen
    • Heinz Schröter
    • Frank Wisbar
  • Stars
    • Joachim Hansen
    • Wilhelm Borchert
    • Wolfgang Preiss
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
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    • Director
      • Frank Wisbar
    • Writers
      • Frank Dimen
      • Heinz Schröter
      • Frank Wisbar
    • Stars
      • Joachim Hansen
      • Wilhelm Borchert
      • Wolfgang Preiss
    • 10User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Joachim Hansen
    Joachim Hansen
    • Oberleutnant Gerd Wisse
    Wilhelm Borchert
    • Gen. Friedrich Paulus
    Wolfgang Preiss
    Wolfgang Preiss
    • Major Linkmann
    Carl Lange
    Carl Lange
    • General von Seydlitz
    Horst Frank
    Horst Frank
    • Feldwebel Böse
    Peter Carsten
    Peter Carsten
    • Gefreiter Krämer
    Richard Münch
    Richard Münch
    • Oberstleutnant Kesselbach
    Günter Pfitzmann
    • Wachtmeister Kunowski
    Sonja Ziemann
    Sonja Ziemann
    • Katja
    Gunnar Möller
    Gunnar Möller
    • Leutnant Fuhrmann
    Ernst von Klipstein
    • Ein General
    Armin Dahlen
    Armin Dahlen
    • Major Stanescu
    Paul Hoffmann
    • General Codreanu
    Karl John
    Karl John
    • Generaloberst Hoth
    Alexander Kerst
    Alexander Kerst
    • Kriegspfarrer Busch
    Jöns Andersson
    • Stabschef
    Klaus Behrendt
    Wolfgang Büttner
    Wolfgang Büttner
    • Director
      • Frank Wisbar
    • Writers
      • Frank Dimen
      • Heinz Schröter
      • Frank Wisbar
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    10QueenoftheGoons

    War ravages and Luttke plays solitaire

    Wolfgang Preiss, a 2nd reason why i got this plays solitaire while his men die for nothing. I love this movie and watch it every winter on our coldest blustery blizzard day. Unless we have an ugly winter it does not get watched at all. It shows how human the Germans were, how they were not all Nazis. Hitler & the uppers all deserved to die. They had banquets while these men starved & froze. I can't watch it for long usually because it breaks my heart to see them suffer. However i got this for Horst Frank, Wolfgang Preiss, Wilhelm Borchet, Joachim Hansen and Rev. Busch later became a goon after i saw this. He's so sweeet. Somehow garnished the nickname Busch-Busch but one of my sweetest German actors.
    10searchanddestroy-1

    The Truce scene was the truth

    The truth scene between Germans and Russians is alone a masterpiece, because authentic and of course never showed in JJ Annaud's crap, made in 2001, ENEMY AT THE GATES, a Hollywood garbage junk supposed to show the real face of war, but only a warmonger feature, not an anti war one. I HATE most of American movies about WW2, not every one, but at least 90 percent. This one deserves to be discovered again. It is available on you tube. A real masterpiece. Both sides provided real heroes. BOTH SIDES. And the thing I admire the most is that the Russian soldiers, the enemies of the lead German characters, are not shown as bad guys, as German soldiers are shown in Russian war features. See? THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A F...PROPAGANDA CRAP. That's why I love it. Truly, definitely. Absolutely.
    10wuf0170

    Good movie, but poor subtitling

    This refers to the English subtitled release of this film.

    This film deals with a tragic defeat and the destruction of the 6th Army at Stalingrad. It was produced shortly after the German POWs taken at Stalingrad had returned home, so had to deal with a critical and knowledgeable audience. It also walked a tightrope, delivering an anti-war message and condemning German leadership in a country which was sick unto death of finger pointing and criticism.

    The events in the film take place over more than four months. In order to tell the story coherently, the film shifts focus from narrative to vignette. As the story nears its end, the focus narrows and remains with the troops trapped in Stalingrad, starving and written off by Hitler. All in all, it is well told and the acting is quite good.

    On the downside, whoever did the subtitles could have done a better job. I speak German and seeing the subtitles while hearing the dialog and knowing a bit of the history created a bit of a dissonance. General Hoth's name is repeatedly written "Hooth", breakout (as in a breakout from the encirclement) is translated as "Breaking ranks," OberLeutnant (1st Lieutenant) is written as "Lieut. Col.", and when von Paulus uses the word Meuterie (Mutiny), it is translated as disobedience. I suspect that those who are familiar with the history of the battle for Stalingrad and military ranks, but who don't speak German, may have a bit of a problem. these problems with the subtitles led me to give this movie 4 instead of 5 stars.

    Still, the story is well told and survives the translator's bludgeon. I was left wanting a bit more. Few films these days manage that.
    2nd_Ekkard

    Thirteen Years was too short to get the point

    This black&white picture deals mainly with the german armies on the eastern front- starting with all the glamour of third reich parades and the comradeship even in russia´s tough winters - then finally collapsing into Stalingrad, the major breakdown of all hopes for a german victory...

    Some of the acting from todays point of view seems melodramatic and the perspective towards General Paulus and other officers in high ranks is a lot different from how historians of the nineties would describe them. The movie gives an impression of a group of men, who keep fighting though they have already lost. I like the movie, still thirteen years was probably too short to get the point really...
    8hitchcockthelegend

    A dead soldier dose not care who won or lost.

    Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (Dogs, do you want to live forever?) Is directed by Frank Wisbar and adapted to screenplay by Wisbar, Frank Dimen and Heinz Schröter from the Fritz Wöss novel. It stars Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss and Carl Lange. Music is by Herbert Windt and cinematography by Helmut Ashley.

    It was a hell hole pocket.

    A little cracker jack of a war movie, coming at things from a German's point of view during the Battle of Stalingrad. Through the eyes of our protagonist we come to be part of his disillusionment with the Nazi ways, we witness cowardly majors and obstinate leaders who left the German troops and their allies ill equipped to fight the battle.

    A bitter Xmas present.

    As Hermann Göring preaches from his pulpit, many miles away from the battle, he's celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Third Reich, all while Stalingrad burns and his army lie dying or limbless in a makeshift grungy hospital. The impact is enough to sicken you to your stomach.

    Away from the anti-war thematic thrusts of the narrative, battle scenes are niftily constructed (though some of the spliced footage is incorrect to this battle). While the monochrome photography is in turns gorgeous and then potent to the horrors of war. Splendidly performed by the principals as well.

    As has been noted by others who have reviewed this little seen film, the subtitles are poor. Too fast to read sometimes while any language not in German (Eastern Europeans) isn't catered for. A shame, but in the wake of what a very good film this is, it's a small price to pay. 8/10

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1960 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
    • Filming locations
      • Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
    • Production company
      • Deutsche Film Hansa
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      • DEM 2,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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