The opposite of Hollywood

This is a story set in Estonia during World War II. It's an expression of the deep mental scars the Estonians carry in their national soul as a result of fighting on both the Nazi and Soviet sides against themselves. Nothing woke.

The film starts with a gripping battle sequence. Has there ever been a better one in film? The first half of the film is from the Estonian German army side, while the second half is from the Estonian Red Army perspective. It nevertheless tells a sequential story of tragedy.

The Soviets are painted negatively, even if the individual soldiers are just victims themselves. The Estonian SS get positive portrayals. As Dorothy would say, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Hollywood anymore."

Alas, both the English dub and English subtitles are complete garbage. Spend some effort to find a good version. If you can find Estonian subtitles, there are websites and programs that can translate to English, even AI algorithms now but ones based on Google Translate will suffice.

This film gives you great war action and a gripping dramatic story in a historical setting that breaks the Hollywood mold. Highly recommended, even if you have to suffer with bad subtitles.