1944 — 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 Union, brothers on opposite sides of the same war.
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 Battle of the Narva bridgehead (February-July 1944) saw some of the Eastern Front's most intense fighting. Estonia's complex wartime history defies simple narratives of collaboration or resistance.