Saving Private Ryan FILM

Saving Private Ryan", this 1998 movie is to find and retrieve one man: Private James Ryan. June 6, 1944. D-Day. The Allies launch the biggest invasion in military history. Behind enemy lines, a squad of U.S. Army soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) put their lives on the line to find paratrooper James Ryan (Matt Damon).
Matt plays paratrooper James Ryan in this World War II drama that also stars Tom Hanks. Hanks plays Captain John Miller, who leads a squad of U.S. Army soldiers behind enemy lines to find paratrooper James Ryan. Ryan is the youngest of four brothers and the last survivor. The others having been killed within days of one another. People in Washington, aware of the significant loss the boys' mother has endured, order Hanks' squad to bring her last remaining son back alive. The film was shot on location in England, Ireland and France.

Is the German the same or different? - If you saw the film, you know the scenes that I am talking about. Based on information from DreamWorks publicists.
Scene 1: The German soldier taken prisoner halfway through the film is identified in the credits as "Steamboat Willie" because he tries to ingratiate himself with his GI captors by claiming a love for American things, including animated films. "Steamboat Willie" was the Walt Disney cartoon that introduced Mickey Mouse. Steamboat Willie is played by Joerg Stadler and is captured when his pillbox is seized by the Americans. Cpl. Upham (Jeremy Davies) argues that he should not be killed.

Scene 2: Final battle scene where Mellish (Adam Goldberg) is grappling with an enemy soldier in the upstairs room of a bombed-out French home. A knife is pushed slowly into Mellish's chest. Upham stands on the staircase where shell shock and fear paralyzes him such that he cannot lift a finger to help. The German walks past him. That German with the knife is "Czech Wermacht Soldier" (Martin Hub).
Scene 3: A few minutes later, Upham is so enraged that he leaps up, takes three Germans prisoner and then guns one of them down. The man he shoots, is Steamboat Willie whose life Upham earlier had spared.

imho 16 July 98- To pack so many grains of sand into one tin - so many lives from one concentrated 8 day period into 170 minutes on the screen. To sacrifice so much so that future generations may multiply the benefits over and over. Don't watch this movie unless you want to share that experience. - up close and intimate.
Easily one of the best movies of the year. Realism beyond what the big screen should be able to deliver. See this movie as soon as you can. Arrive early and get a good seat for you will want to witness every detail. Spielberg has placed you in a unique vantage point in history so you can experience it first hand. Powerful is Captain John Miller aka Tom Hanks. Cinematography is commanding without being grand or overwhelming. But the close knit camaraderie that can only be attained by those living through this is felt throughout. A very cohesive group. FUBAR? Experience it for yourself.