Very good movie...it would have been more comfortable if it hadn't been filled with a strong white leftist vibe and satire on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union did not treat prisoners of war very well, but the Germans, who were the initiators of the war, showed a positive spirit of solidarity and sacrifice, and all the Soviets in the film were cunning and ruthless. Or the Jews (always exuding the radiance of humanity) and the Yakuts.
To be honest, the director doesn't seem to have much to reflect on. Instead, he constantly reveals the cruelty of the Soviet Communist Party. Doesn't the ubiquitous head of Stalin remind people of Hitler a few years ago.
By the way, the most shocking thing about this film is that it is "based on a true story". But I checked the prototype of this story. Clemens Forrell joined the army in 1944. Three years later, in 1947, he returned to Munich and registered his household registration. He only worked in the printing factory in 1952. Time for him to return to West Germany". So first of all, this "seven years" is untenable. Also, the Cape Dezhnev labor camp where the story takes place was actually built in the fall of 1949, two years after the prototype had arrived home, so it is unlikely that he had been there. According to West Deutsche Radio 5, there is only one German prisoner of war in the official archives who should have escaped from labor in Siberia, called Otto Linus, who was captured in 1945, but who pretended to be a Poles just a year later. escaped from Berlin. Compared to the 14,000-kilometer walk of the protagonist in the novel, Linus kept changing trains and returned to his hometown soon after.
In all fairness, putting aside the stupid stuff, this movie is well done.
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