Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 20:28:17 EST From: Krechtz@aol.com Subject: Re: [Leica] ......Leicas in movies...... Message-ID: <b7.8d51ae4.274dccb1@aol.com> References: In a message dated 11/20/00 1:33:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, simon@camera-craftsman.com writes: << Incidentally, if you are into this kind of thing, another good one is "Stalingrad." The Germans seem to be very good at utterly depressing war movies! >> Right. Leave it to the Germans to overdo the "Weltschmerz" thing. No doubt the battle had its lighter moments... Joe Sobel <<<<< I don't think Stalingrad had many light moments. _But_... it did have Leicas. There is a photo of General Rokossovsky waiting for the opening artillery barrage of the campaign to compress and crush the "Kessel" (cauldron - after the encirclement) in which the German Army was trapped, in which he is also having his photo taken by a camera which looks very much like a Leica. However, it just occurs to me that it's probably a Russian copy! Best, Rob.