1944

1944

  • Director: Elmo Nüganen
  • Countries of origin: Estonia, Finland
  • Language: Estonian, Russian, German
  • Release date: November 4, 2015
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 1944: Forced to Fight
  • "Forced to Fight" is a war movie directed by Elmo Newganon and starring Caspar Wilberg.

    Details

    • Release date November 4, 2015
    • Filming locations Sinimäed Hills, Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
    • Production companies Matila Röhr Productions (MRP), Taska Film

    Box office

    Budget

    €1,620,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $109,768

    Movie reviews

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    • By Monica 2022-04-22 07:01:54

      Randomly obscure historical reality

      When I thought I could see a new WWII-themed war movie, I found that this movie too deified the fighting ability of the Estonian soldiers (at the beginning, madly annihilated the Soviet army, and later changed the Soviet army Among them, the Estonian soldiers were madly annihilating the German army).
         Although the director is to commemorate the so-called people who fought for Estonian independence, Estonia's role in World War II is actually the same as that of Myanmar.
       During World...

    • By Jean 2022-04-22 07:01:54

      who to fight for

      The small Baltic country made such an unforgettable movie. People from one country fought on their own land, killing each other, and the reason was the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. In the first few battle scenes, although they were fighting for the Nazis, there were only Estonians and two Danes. Later, in the ambush station, they fought with people from their own countries. At the moment of the ceasefire, my eyes were wet.. .Reminds me of a French World War II film "Merry...

    • By Brionna 2022-04-22 07:01:54

      For life, for family, this is love

      A very good film, they are not religious, not Nazi, not communist, and do not hold high the justice for the liberation of human beings, they are forced to get involved in the war, just to defend their homeland and the country, in this war the Nazis are the aggressors , but when the Soviet fighter plane swept towards a little girl with a rag doll, they were not much of a savior either, the so-called stand, neither good nor bad, was created for domination, reminds me of Tai Chi A scene in The...

    • By Jessyca 2022-04-22 07:01:54

      The feeling of survival in the gap between great powers

      The first time I saw this type of film, Estonia survived in the cracks of great powers. I checked an area of ​​more than 40,000 square kilometers with 1.3 million people. The traditional concept of the Red Army is to defeat the Nazis to liberate other countries, but here is the opposite, anti-Soviet means fighting for independence. The film is divided into two parts, shot from the perspectives of the German army and the Soviet army respectively. Most of the people who fought in different...

    • By Oda 2022-04-22 07:01:54

      The helplessness of a small country in the pursuit of profit by a big country

      I saw this Estonian movie "1944" at station B half a year ago. It is indeed a good movie. I don't know where it is higher than China's anti-Japanese drama. The Estonians on both sides revealed the helplessness and fate of a small country sandwiched between two big countries, with the exception of Dabobo.
      At the beginning of the film, the Estonian troops who joined the German army belonged to the SS20 Estonian division. During World War II, about 69,000 people in...

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    • By Madilyn 2023-09-28 22:51:30

      【The innocent ones feel guilty. The guilty ones do not feel anything.】There is no protagonist halo on the battlefield, only death and...

    • By Giuseppe 2023-09-24 02:26:55

      The maniac on the right and the bandits on the left, surviving in the cracks, the dignity of a small...

    • By Aryanna 2023-09-08 12:43:54

      Helpless war, only hurts myself, wins, but also...

    • By Freddy 2023-08-27 13:55:46

      The war is irreparable damage to both the victor and the defeated~ I have specially checked the relevant historical background, and I have gained a lot of knowledge. The entanglements about Estonia, Germany, and the Soviet Union~ The strange language spoken is...

    • By Ona 2023-08-21 08:15:44

      If you are used to watching World War II movies with various big scenes, it is easy to ignore the war theme based on the perspective of a small country. Instead, you should add a star to the film. Compared with the clear confrontation between the two sides in the past, Estonia's war history, which was controlled by the Soviet Union and Germany respectively, is extremely uncomfortable. Why is it too urgent to cook with the same root? Although the ending is very restrained, the two letters of the...

    Movie plot

    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...
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    Movie quotes

    • Voldemar 'Piir': [twin brothers Käär have arrived at platoon as supplement] Who are you?

      Vennad Käärid: [simultaneously] SS-grenader Käär!

      Voldemar 'Piir': Supplement men?

      Vennad Käärid: [simultaneously] Yes, sir!

      Voldemar 'Piir': Ten men were promised, two were sent, they are also like one.

      Karl Tammik: What are your names?

      [brothers introduce themselves]

      Voldemar 'Piir': Relatives?

      Vennad Käärid: [simultaneously] Brothers.

      Voldemar 'Piir': I can see that, a bit similar.

    • Omavalitsuse tegelane: Heil Hitler!

      Kristjan 'Põder': Ei ütle!

      [sounds similar to 'Heil Hitler', translates as 'no say']

    • 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.

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