Follow soldiers Anton Lang and Werner Schmidt from the beginning of the first Courland battle in October 1944 to the capitulation and dramatic escape in May 1945.
Practical Effects
Mud, frostbite, and decay you can practically smell.
Acting
Behnke's thousand-yard stare that hollows out the screen.
Director
Heintje Peter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Courland Pocket remains one of WWII's least-known campaigns—350,000 German troops trapped in Latvia for months after Berlin fell, refusing surrender.
Director Heintje Peter shot in actual Baltic locations during winter, with temperatures hitting -20°C—actors' genuine hypothermia became production value.
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