1944: The Final Defence (2007) ( Tali-Ihantala 1944 ) ( Battle of Finland ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Germany ]
F**H
Really really good movie with fast shipping!
Absolutely amazing movie. The Finnish movie makers have nailed down how to film good war movies. Great acting with some really cool action sequences. If you can handle the subtitles then this is well worth the watch. Absolutely loved it and the subtitles aren’t bad at all, before you know it you don’t even realize you’re reading them anymore.
D**B
Solid movie
I really enjoyed this movie. The combat scenes were outstanding. The equipment and uniforms very accurate. There was not a lot of character development but that was ok for me.
C**U
Rare and not very known history of world war 2 ...
Rare and not very known history of world war 2 whenFinland fighted with the germans against Russia, and at the end (1945), against the germans with allied troops. Finland was in « co-belligerance « with Germany, but not allied with . You undersand,? 🔬. At the end, Finland was alone without money and has paid a lot of territories and war repairs.
H**M
Movie is a Missed Opportunity
This is an odd movie. The Finnish producers made this film to honor the considerable efforts of Finnish soldiers in 1944 to defeat a powerful Soviet invasion. Instead, the Finnish troops look clumsy and inept. Clearly, they used actors and not real soldiers in the film. Newsreels of Finnish soldiers from the period show dedicated, professional warriors. This film does not show that. They should try again.The battle in question was, Tali-ihantala 1944, for those who'd like to research this actual event.. Amazing real story.Authentic tanks were used, German Sturmgeschutz and T34s, and KV1 tanks fabricated on T34 chasses. The KV replicas are well done. The real Stugs were just amazing to watch.
M**N
Excellent movie
As this is about a Swedish speaking regiment in the Finnish army, I would have thought the production would have been in Swedish not German. All the same, this was an excellent movie about people fighting against all odds.
J**
What did I just watch
Russians attack en-masse, seen from a distance, Fins shoot them down. Fins retreat, Russians attack en-masse (seen from a distance), Fins shoot them. All with no real story. The "climactic" battle was laughable. A forest, seen from a few hundred meters, gets bombed as the Commander of the Fins says 200-250 guns have opened fire on them. You watch the explosions (from a few hundred meters), then some actual black and white stock footage from WWII and then a field of dead bodies with an overlay stating how the Fins defeated the Russians during several key battles.That's it. Don't expect much of anything, but you don't get much..............of anything.
H**R
counterfeit dont buy
it looks like it is counterfeit. Cant access anything but play feature. quality is that of bad vhs copy
T**N
Raw and almost exclusive use of practical effects
Finland probably has the best ratio of war movies to good war movies, nothing they out out is bad, and almost every one is quite the opposite. Does play on North American players I might add. For the movie itself, it’s very well done, taking almost a documentary style of filming and editing, where we move between units around a large battle and are accompanied by maps in between to show progress by the 2 sides involved. It does make for weak characters however, those we have often have their moment on the screen and then when the movie moves on to the next sector of action, we often don’t see that character again. There’s a few it does go back to who are more heavily involved in the frontline, mostly higher ranking officers, but otherwise you won’t find super great characters here, not to mention for how few times you may someone’s name it’s almost impossible to put a name to a face or know who anyone is taking about. The acting is good but not fantastic, but everyone plays their rolls well. However the bread and butter of the movie is following the action around, making for a very action packed movie, with scenes without gunfire or explosions being there just to break up or summarize the smaller battles. All the effects are practical, expect for a few small additions I can count on one hard. The tank scenes are awesome, raw and realistic, doing as good as Fury without and CGI or dramatization. Also of note are the vast amount of authentic armoured vehicles, which to see in action is worth the cost of the movie alone. Sounds effects and explosions sound real good (because their real) and special effects which as bullet impacts and shells hitting or bouncing off armour is very convincing. Overall a very action packed, raw war experience, that does what many movies with may higher budgets and boat loads of computer effects can’t do, make it all look real.
W**L
Sehenswerter Historienfilm
Im Gegensatz zu den hier veröffentlichten negativen Bewertungen halte ich diesen Film für sehr gut. Was offenbar bei den negativen Bewertungen übersehen wurde, ist, dass es sich um einen miltärhistorischen Film und keinen Spielfilm handelt. Der Film beruht auf Basis von historischen Gegebenheiten und Zeugenaussagen. Einige der Interviews findet man als Extra dem Film beigefügt und es lohnt sich, diese anzuschauen, um die Zusammenhänge zu verstehen. So sind die Personen im Film reale Personen, die in den Interviews zu Wort kommen. Auch das Thema "saubere Bekleidung" oder "Holzpfähle aus dem Baumarkt" sind verfehlt. Wer den Film zu Ende sieht, sieht sehr wohl, dass im Laufe des Einsatzes die Bekleidung Tragespuren aus dem Gelände aufweist. Ausserdem ist die Situation in Finnland eine andere als im restlichen Europa gewesen, was auch nicht beachtet wird. Sehr befremdlich finde ich, dass sich angemasst wird, eine Beurteilung abzugeben, ob so Krieg abläuft oder nicht und so wäre das niemals gewesen. Diese Kommentatoren waren sicherlich nicht dabei und können das auch nicht beurteilen. Aus meiner Sicht und meiner miltärischen Erfahrung ist der Film recht gut gelungen und die Ereignisse passend dargestellt. Hierzu sehe man auch die Erklärungen der Möglichkeiten, die der Regisseur und der Direktor im making-of erläutern und mit den Erfahrungen von Militärberatern, Historikern und den Veteranen abgesichert haben. Es wurde ein fehlender Handlungsstrang und ein schlechtes Drehbuch bemängelt. Nun, das Leben schreibt keine Drehbücher und es ist auch kein Actionfilm a la Hollywood. Im making-of wird sehr detailliert darauf eingegangen, dass die Auswirkungen von Waffen und deren Wirkung möglichst nah an der Realität verwirklicht und nicht, wie in Hollywood üblich, für optische Effekte wie Benzineinsatz verstärkt wurden. Was man auch berücksichtige muss, ist die Art anderer Länder, Filme zu machen. Ich schaue gerne Filme aus anderen Ländern und berücksichtige das bei meiner Bewertung. Das muss man im Hinterkopf behalten, wenn man einen Film aus einem anderen Land sieht. Insofern unter den o.a. Punkten ein recht guter Film.
M**K
Para los amantes de la WWII
No es una pelicula para "el gran publico", pero si para aquellos que amantes de la Historia de la WWII, al recrear episodios que no han sido muy difundidos por el cine de consumo..
A**様
良い映画です。
ストーリ、作品構成の良さもさることながら、出てくる使用火器、戦車が史実どおりに描かれてます。英語字幕で鑑賞しましたが、日本語字幕対応していただきたい。 本映画を日本の方々に広く知ってもらいたいです。ちなみに第二次世界大戦当時、フィンランドと日本は同盟国。日本から、大砲、ライフルなど援助を送った史実があります。映画のオープニングで、フィンランド兵が日本の三八式ライフルを持っていたのには驚いた。
T**K
Five Stars
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