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Why didnt they kill the Russians?


Why didn't Steiner kill those Russian Women after they killed one of his men and wounded (Ouch!) another. Also why did he let them kill the guy who got his...member bitten off?

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I thought it a little unconvincing that they let the women live. True, the emasculated Zoll was not Mr Popular, but they also killed Dietz, who was something like the squad baby, harmful to no-one, and he was stabbed because he let his guard down.
I believe the original novel does have one of the men (called Zoll or some other name) being deliberately left behind to the tender mercies of the Russian women, but the circumstances are not identical to this film.

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