3 real historical locations · Estonia
An Estonian war film following soldiers conscripted into both the German and Soviet armies — sometimes brothers fighting on opposite sides — during the brutal battles for Estonia in 1944. A rare look at a small nation crushed between two totalitarian powers.
CinemaMapped has mapped 3 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Estonia.
The 2015 Estonian film follows soldiers on both sides of the Tannenberg Line in 1944 — Estonians fighting for Germany and Estonians fighting for the Soviet U...
In 1944, the Tannenberg Line defensive battle near Narva involved Estonian soldiers serving in both the German 20th Waffen-SS Division and Soviet Estonian rifle regiments — Estonians literally fighting each other. The...
View location →Estonian soldiers fight on opposing sides of the same front: some in German Waffen-SS units, others in Soviet Red Army divisions. Brothers and former classma...
The Battle of Narva (1944) was one of the war's strangest confrontations — Estonians fighting Estonians under opposing occupation flags. Both sides had been conscripted; neither had chosen their allegiance freely.
View location →The film's final act follows the Estonian soldiers of the German 20th Waffen-SS Division retreating across the islands as Soviet forces advance — caught betw...
Estonia was occupied by the USSR (1940), Germany (1941), and the USSR again (1944). Thousands of Estonians were deported by both powers. The film refuses to designate either side as heroes.
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