A German and a Russian film director record memories of dying and surviving in Stalingrad 50 years after the battle that turned World War II around. Rolf Schübel ("Obituary for a Beast", "The Homesickness of Walerian Wrobel") and Grigori Tschuchjaij ("The Soldier's Ballad", Clear Sky "), himself a survivor of the Battle of Stalingrad, questioned those involved. What they tell adds come together to a detailed psychogram and an exciting dialogue of the war.