This movie didn't look very good at first, and it didn't even look like a war, but as the plot progressed, it didn't feel right to watch it, the body became colder and the mind became more and more tense. War has never been polite and unreasonable. "What does it have to do with me killing you?" If both sides of the war were reasonable, there would be no war. One minute ago, he was lying in his mother's arms and acting like a spoiled child. A 17-year-old boy, watching his mother was shot and killed by the Germans in the next minute, we are in a peaceful age, we can't understand the psychological trauma of the boy at this moment, and what kind of brand it will put on his future life, fortunately, there is such a movie. The cruel moments on the screen remind us that fighting will lead to death, and forgetting to fight will lead to danger. The cruelty and tragicness of this film is alive and well. Arthur, who is less than 17 years old, has a childhood sweetheart girlfriend, but the outbreak of the First World War did not leave room for love. After the German invasion, he lost his mother and home in an instant, between the German army on the front line and the Russian army. For the first time, the Russian emperor allowed the Latvians to organize a rifle team. The brutal war quickly made the ignorant teenager feel the pain. With the gradual death of his father and brother, Arthur gradually saw that in the eyes of the Russian army and the German army, His motherland was just a piece of fat meat, so he gradually changed his mind during the war, and finally started from scratch. With the courage and experience of many years in the battle, he and the motherland finally won the independence and freedom of the country.
It was cold under the sun. Latvia, one of the three Baltic countries, first faced the German invasion during the First World War. At this time, Latvia still belonged to Tsarist Russia, and the carefree Arthur was enjoying his mother's love at home. Warm, and suddenly the Germans entered the village. He escaped by hiding under the bed, but witnessed his mother being shot by the Germans after finding several deserters. Home is where his mother is. Without his mother, the home will be gone in an instant. In grief, he, his father and brother killed the cattle, sheep and livestock that could not be taken away, buried and burned all the items that could not be taken away, packed up his bags , joined the rifle battalion formed by the Latvians on the run.
His father was an excellent sergeant major, and was discovered by the legion commander to give him the responsibility of training new recruits in the legion. Artur, who had just joined the army, knew nothing about war, and had no idea of the cruelty of war. He even forgot to joke after training. , but after a few days of brutal actual combat, it was discovered that war is not a game. I am very curious why both sides of the war are always lying in the icy trenches with cold guns, or sneak attacks, rarely charging. After the sneak attack is successful, they also put bayonets on the other side's trenches to fight hand-to-hand in the other side's trenches. For the first time, Artu rushed into the other side's trenches. Er didn't know how to kill at all, so he finally stabbed the opponent to death due to panic and panic. As for the impact on the mind and soul, it can be seen from the convulsions and struggles of every soldier in his sleep. It is now called "Battlefield Stress Syndrome".
Countless wars have transformed Arthur into a qualified soldier. During the war, he found that his childhood sweetheart was someone else's. He was deeply emotionally hurt and injured one after another. Seriously injured, that is to say, the air leaks, and a puff of cigarettes can spray the smoke out of the wound, but Se Weng lost his horse and knew that he was not lucky, and he even fell in love with the nurse who took care of him in the hospital. As the saying goes, good fortune and misfortune do not come singly. Artur, who returned to the battlefield after recovering from his injuries, witnessed the death of his father who had killed 56 enemies and his brother who was an officer. The simultaneous arrival of love and death in the war made him full of determination to take revenge, and he was already numb to death, so he always charged forward and actively searched for war. People tortured and beat the Germans again and again.
The October Revolution in Russia broke out, and the Bolshevik Party led by Lenin gained leadership, and Soviet Russia ruled with iron and blood for political stability at that time. What is heartbreaking is that in the chaotic situation at that time, although the rifle battalion where Arthur was in joined the Soviet Red Army under the decision of the commander, the Latvians were slaughtered if they had a slight dissent. Atul was imprisoned as a counter-revolutionary because he was unable to shoot his compatriot during one of his executions. He finally escaped in the dark with the help of his comrades. Arthur, who escaped the war, found his beloved girl and spent a happy and beautiful time.
A happy life is always short. Facing the Germans who invaded the motherland again, Arthur took up arms and went to war again without hesitation, but this time he joined the army that really fought for the independence and freedom of Latvia. The war has exhausted Latvia's national strength. Most of the enlisted students and teenagers have never seen the war. During the war, they will only hide in the trenches and tremble like mice. "Aim, shoot, reload!" Arthur stood up calmly and bravely, walking around the battlefield and commanding calmly, so that the panicked troops instantly integrated their combat effectiveness, and finally repelled the German army and won the war. The victorious, heroically wounded Artur became a fighting hero, and he and his troops secured a brief period of independence and freedom for the country.
The film mainly reflects the indomitable war that the country of Latvia is fighting for its independence. It is between the two great powers of Germany and Russia, like a piece of fat. Both World War I and World War II were run over from it. Independence and freedom are relative to it. It's so hard. In the few battles in the film, the one that irritated my eyes deeply was the one in the snowstorm. There were frozen corpses in painful postures everywhere. Invisibly, the picture of Changjin Lake appeared in my mind. . In the end, only Arthur crawled on the snow facing the icy blizzard. The director used a dark and tragic lens to express the cruelty and ruthlessness of the war. The war is so for Latvia, for any country in the world. Isn't that the case?
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