"Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben" or "Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?" or just "Stalingrad" is a West German black-and-white novel-based film from 1959 written and directed by Frank Wisbar (with some more writers). And just like so so many other German films from that era, it is an attempt at coming to terms with what happened in the country during the years of World War II. I personally must say, when it comes to this genre, I rather watch these films that elaborate on the motivations and the political context instead of going deep into the subject of military units and endeavors. But this is what this black-and-white film here does. You must have a really deep interest in old German film, in order to recognize some of the cast members here, even if they have (had) prolific careers and even appeared in a couple pretty successful Hollywood films. But back to this on here: my dislike of it in terms of contents is purely subjective as I already described. But I also have to criticize that I found none of the main characters really interesting or relatable and that's why I did not really feel for or care about them. Consequently, my overall verdict is thumbs-down. This film offers nothing that most of the other German war-themed films from the 1950s and 1960s don't.
