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#1944-film

1944 is a 2015 Estonian action war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen. The film first premiered in February 2015 in Berlin, Germany, before its release in Estonia and other Northern European countries. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Read More..

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Description	1944 is a 2015 Estonian action war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen. The film first premiered in February 2015 in Berlin, Germany, before its release in Estonia and other Northern European countries. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.The film is set in the year 1944, from the Battle of Tannenberg Line (25 July – 10 August 1944) to the Battle of Tehumardi in Sõrve Peninsula (October – November 1944) and is shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and thus fight against their fellow countrymen. Choices had to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.The film focuses on the individual in the context of the war rather than war itself, and shows the war from both perspectives – those of the Estonians in the Red Army and in the German Army.
Description	1944 is a 2015 Estonian action war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen. The film first premiered in February 2015 in Berlin, Germany, before its release in Estonia and other Northern European countries. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.The film is set in the year 1944, from the Battle of Tannenberg Line (25 July – 10 August 1944) to the Battle of Tehumardi in Sõrve Peninsula (October – November 1944) and is shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and thus fight against their fellow countrymen. Choices had to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.The film focuses on the individual in the context of the war rather than war itself, and shows the war from both perspectives – those of the Estonians in the Red Army and in the German Army.

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Director	Elmo Nüganen
Director
Story
Story
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer	Leo Kunnas
Writer
Based on
Based on
Cinematography	Maksim Osadchiy
Cinematography
Editing	Kimmo Taavila ,Tambet Tasuja
Editing

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Starring	Kaspar Velberg , Kristjan Üksküla , Maiken Schmidt
Starring
Music	Jaak Jürisson
Music
Runtime	100 minutes
Runtime
Country	Estonia,Finland
Country
Language	Estonian
Language
Genre
Genre

PRODUCTION

Producer	Maria Avdjuško , Ilkka Matila , Kristjan Rahu , Kristian Taska
Producer
Studio	Taska Film
Studio
Distributor	Taska Film , MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Distributor
Released	df=y/2015/02/08 (Germany) /2015/02/20 (Estonia) /2015/08/25 (Finland)
Released
Budget	€1,500,000
Budget
Gross	unknown
Gross