Lettres de Stalingrad

This film is based on actual letters German soldiers sent home from the siege of Leningrad during World War II. The litany of trouble these poor grunts endured is lamentable. One complains of returning home an invalid. An SS man has bad dreams about the Russian tank-driver he killed. Another complains when he sits down to hear a piano recital and one of the musicians has frozen fingers. Another soldier swears he will never forgive his father for injuries he suffered in the invasion of Leningrad. Stock footage of wars from World War II to Vietnam are inserted and give an ironic tinge to the feature.

• Release date
• November 10, 1969
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Gilles Katz

Cast

Alberto Cavalcanti Astronomer

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James Cellier Private Paul Crauchet Pianist

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Gilles Katz SS captain Pierre Tabard Kurt Hankka

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Patricia Saint-Georges Karl's wife Frédérique Meininger Nurse Gilles Ségal Paul