| Das Boot and Stalingrad were directed by the same person and both use suspence to the max. The endless waiting gave me the creeps and I was happy I sat in a comfortable chair. What made Stalingrad special for me was that it was the first time you saw something about the penal battalions the Germans used a lot!
The ending of Cross of Iron was that the money ran out. Peckinpah had to improvise and with the means he had, he didn't do to bad. Then again that is just my opinion. If he had followed to book it would have ended totally different, much more raw then it does now! |