Blizzard of Souls

Blizzard of Souls

2019 · 124 min · LV · 7.3 (103 votes)
Dir. Dzintars Dreibergs · Starring Oto Brantevics, Vilis Daudziņš, Ivars Krasts, Gatis Gāga, Martins Vilsons, Rēzija Kalniņa · Music Lolita Ritmanis
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The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.

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A stark, unflinching look at the brutal reality of WWI through the eyes of a young soldier. It's a harrowing journey of loss and resilience, where patriotism clashes with the grim truth of war, leaving a profound sense of survival against all odds.

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