This is where things get really intense! The Russian World War I film 1942: Eastern Front was only released by the FSK from the age of 18 and should be really brutal.
Germany – Violent war film! The Russian work “1942: Eastern Front” by director Igor Kopylov (“Leninggrad 46”) will be released in Germany on January 22nd directly for home theaters. You can even buy it digitally a week earlier.
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The Russian soldiers are supposed to recapture the village of Ovsyannikovo, although they have already lost many comrades. © PR / Alive Sales and Marketing
The battle of Rzhev is the focus of the world war drama. The Russian soldiers are supposed to attract “all the forces of the enemy”, the Wehrmacht, in order to deceive them.
Because a “general offensive is planned” in the coming days. In order for the Germans to believe that the main strike will be carried out here, the Russian troops are to recapture the village of Ovsyannikovo.
They had already lost that before. That’s why a lieutenant complains: “Only half of my company is left!”
However, his commander (Sergey Zharkov) is not interested in that. Instead he says: “I will give you and your company the last chance to atone for the shame with blood.”
He adds: “You must understand that we are not backing down and fighting to the death.” The lieutenant replies: “With this order you are sending my men to their completely senseless death!”
The brutal battle scenes give more than a hint …
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“1942: Eastern Front” really gets down to business! © PR / Alive Sales and Marketing
The German trailer lets expect a martial tear, which the FSK confirms with its age rating.
Although war dramas are regularly released from the age of 16 because the horror should not be played down, this film was only released here from the age of 18. Accordingly, the battle scenes should be brutal and explicit.
Judging by the first moving images there, but also with the images padded and not spilled! Already after the short video it seems extremely questionable ideologically due to the exaggeratedly sublime background music and the pathetic dialogues.
The assumption is that he could glorify the Russian soldiers and maybe even the Second World War. This is the case again and again with US works in this genre, but it is always ugly and often unnecessary.
After all, well-known speakers have also been hired for the German dubbed version. Zharkov is set to music by none other than Detlef Bierstedt (68, voice of George Clooney, Stellan Skarsgård, John C. Reilly and Bill Pullman), which is why the atmosphere should be dense in this regard.
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