The first casualty of war is truth
The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.
Vladimir Kamenski
The film's tagline is: "The first casualty of war is truth"
The production budget was $2.0M.
The runtime is 100 minutes (1h 40m).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: German, Estonian, Russian.
It was a co-production between: Estonia, Finland.
The film was directed by Elmo Nüganen.
The screenplay was written by Leo Kunnas.
The score was composed by Jaak Jürisson.
Cinematography was handled by Rein Kotov.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt3213684.
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Good
114 votes
1944
Released
16
Deutsch, Eesti, Pусский
Estonia, Finland
$2,000,000
