Forced to Fight
is a 1944 film directed by Elmo Newcannon and starring Kasper Wilberg, Christian Uxcula, Mikan Schmidt, Gert Lausey, etc.The German and Soviet Leningrad Fronts fought a series of battles for the Isthmus of Narva. In July, Soviet troops captured Narva, an ancient city that has been the dividing line between Russia and the Western world for nine hundred years. The Tannenberg Line behind Narva is the last line of defense in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. A group of Estonian youths in their early 20s volunteered to join the 20th Division of the Waffen SS and began to attack the Soviet armored units on the Eastern Front. Soviet occupation. This is not the first time Estonia has been reduced to a battleground between East and West, Germans and Slavs. Counting from the ice battle on Lake Chude, this battle has lasted for more than 700 years, and the Estonians caught in the middle are inevitably surrounded by both sides and become victims of history.In September, as Finland announced the cessation of military cooperation with Germany and signed the Moscow Armistice Agreement, the German army, which was besieged by the enemy, decided to withdraw from Estonia. The Soviet army followed the German army all the way to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The Yestonian (Russianized Estonian) soldiers in the Red Army also witnessed it with their own eyes. The blue, black and white tricolor flag symbolizing Estonian national independence, On September 18, the symbol of the city of Tallinn, the Herman Tower, was hoisted for four days, and it was finally replaced by the Soviet red flag on September 22.The occupation of Tallinn was not the last battle between the Soviet Union and Germany in Estonia. In November, in the muddy, dense forest on the island of Saaremaa, Esthanian soldiers expelled the last German troops from Estonia under fire from German ships. The large-scale war has finally ended, but peace and freedom have not yet come to this small country, and the pain caused by the war is still difficult to heal. This is 1944 for the Estonians.
1944 movie plot
2022-01-29 08:11
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Bartholome 2022-01-29 08:10:58
On the micro level, the tactical scenes are realistic and clear, which is better than ordinary war movies. However, from a macro perspective, it is really weird to switch from the German side in the first half to the Red Army side in the second half, and then insert a gentle military and civilian fish and water situation, and the rhythm is very poor.
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Alexandrine 2022-04-24 07:01:25
The story is really wonderful, especially the magic of connecting the two clues in one battle.
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Omavalitsuse tegelane: Heil Hitler!
Kristjan 'Põder': Ei ütle!
[sounds similar to 'Heil Hitler', translates as 'no say']
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Kreml: Why did you let them go? Who gave the order to cease fire?
Kapten Evald Viires: I did.
Kreml: Captain Viires, all fascists must be destroyed.
Kapten Evald Viires: I don't have time to chase along the forest every little boy who is shooting us.
Kreml: They were not little boys, they were real fascists! Captain Viires, I will write a report about you!
Kapten Evald Viires: Comrade Stalin personally gave the order to liberate the capital of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Tallinn, for the 22nd of September. I don't intend to go under court martial, maybe you do.
Kreml: We will see who is going under court martial.
[walks away]
Alfred Tuul: Kreml shitted to his pants.