Anyone Can Die: Especially striking example, since a primary protagonist gets killed completely unexpectedly.
Angsty Surviving Twin: Konstantin Käär, after his younger twin brother Anton is killed by a sniper's bullet.When asked about this by Prokhor, he answers: "It's the end of the road for everybody." They put a sign on the cross that says "31 fallen Red Army soldiers", ensuring that the grave gets dignified treatment by the NKVD troops that will follow. All Are Equal in Death: After the battle between Estonians, Jüri Jõgi orders to bury the fallen of both sides in the same grave.Action Prologue: The film opens right in the middle of the Battle of Tannenberg Line, with Saareste's platoon under Soviet artillery fire.Abandoned War Child: The little girl who is saved by Karl and who ends up adopted by his sister after the war.They are forced to bear the brunt of fighting in the Moonsund operation, leading to heavy casualties while completing the Soviet occupation of Estonia. At the same time, another platoon consisting of Estonian men is fighting on the Soviet side as a part of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps. During the Tallinn offensive, the German units suddenly fall back from Estonia, leading to the front collapsing. In summer 1944, a platoon of the Estonian SS Division is fighting for life and death during the Battle of Tannenberg Line in Northeastern Estonia. Expect a lot of moral dilemmas when they meet. The ones on the German side hope for a chance to restore the country's independence, while those in the Red Army are mostly just concerned about getting home after years in Russia. The film itself, however, deals with a tragic time in Estonian history as a nation is split between two superpowers, leading to many men fighting on opposing sides. Naturally, this can fuel some controversy in the Western world. The film is remarkable for presenting an Eastern European perspective of the war, by attempting to give both sides of the war an equal light. The film has been acclaimed for its well-done battle scenes and high accuracy in detail, owing to the support of Estonian military and historical experts during the production. It takes place during the Soviet re-occupation of Estonia and follows Estonian soldiers on both sides of the World War II. 1944 is a 2015 Estonian war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen and written by Leo Kunnas.
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