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Events from the war in 1944 seen through eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides.
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Chris Ball Cleveland Plain Dealer 08/18/2017
The film seamlessly shifts perspectives between the two sides but never hits you over the head with its message. Go to Full Review
Mark R. Leeper Mark Leeper's Reviews 08/07/2017
7/10
Perhaps this film is just one cut below the current DUNKIRK. This is a chapter of history that deserves to be better known. Go to Full Review
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 07/28/2017
B
The frantic battle scenes have a believable feel and depict, without pulling a punch, all the horrors of war and its impact on the men who fight it. Go to Full Review
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 07/27/2017
B-
Instead of becoming immersed in war, I kept seeing storyboards brought to life. Yet as the film progresses, the human toll of brother fighting against brother overcomes this deficiency, involving us more in this little known tragedy of World War II. Go to Full Review
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Frank D Jan 7 I'm a huge fan of WWII movies and a big history buff. I wanted to like this movie and I tried to see what the critics saw in it, but it was just too slow moving and uninteresting. It was pretty much a time waster for me. See more Mickey S 06/09/2023 Pretty good. In the original language is way better then dubbed English. Worth the watch. ✌ See more 10/28/2021 Unless you know Estonian you have to read the subtitles. The civil war going on in WW2 as half the blonde, blue eyed men are in the German SS and the other are in the Russian Red Army. Sad state about what happed in the Baltic region. Very good foreign movie; must watch for history buffs, WW2 heads, etc. See more 08/13/2021 Good war movie! Great action scenes. And the characters are sympathetic. Watchable. See more 05/05/2021 OK movie but disgusting to see Nazi baby killers propped up. By 1944 it was all over, Open retreat change uni time. See more connor s 01/12/2021 A moving film, as is typical of war films. One sees the painful pointlessness of war, especially in a theatre such as this. This film seamlessly shifts from the perspective of Estonians fighting in the SS, to Estonians fighting in the Red Army. The only thing that really differentiates these soldiers is which hostile foreign army forcibly conscripted them into its ranks; they are not fighting for one side or the other, only their country and countrymen. One is reminded that in war there is no good vs evil, only one force against another. Both sides are good, both sides are bad. There are heroes on both sides, and monsters on both sides, but mostly just normal people trying to survive. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Events from the war in 1944 seen through eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides.
Director
Elmo Nüganen
Producer
Ilkka Matila, Kristian Taska
Screenwriter
Leo Kunnas
Production Co
Matila Röhr Productions (MRP), Taska Film
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Estonian
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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