An incredible and realistic movie about WW2 from the Russian view. Not a "Feel Good" movie but provided an insight of how bad war can be. The Blu-Ray version has better picture and sound quality ! Highly recommended !!
Wehrmacht bogs down in Belorussia during summer 1943 campaign while killing squads (Einsatzgruppen) mercilessly ravage villages amidst a scorched earth policy; our young hero of the Soviet people survives the murders of his family and the devastating episodes which characterize the brutality of a total war...