It is implied that Jüri's father was the one who reported on Karl and Aino Tammik's parents, leading to their deportation to Siberia. According to Kreml, Jüri has a right class background and his father made the right decisions in his time. Category Traitor: Kreml gives a hidden threat to Jüri Jõgi that he will be seen as this unless he proves himself as an eager Communist by spying on his comrades.As an interesting sidenote, while the brief period of Estonian government holding independent power in Tallinn is not seen on camera, its possibility is described at the same time by Estonian SS soldiers who lack any direct communication to the capital so as to be informed of the events there. Capital Offensive: Happens mostly off-screen, since when Jüri's platoon arrives in Tallinn, the Red Army is already completing its seizure.The SS soldier who loses his legs from a shell blast was played by a veteran from the Estonian Defence Forces who had actually lost both his legs in Afghanistan. Body Horror: Plenty, especially in the first part.Behind the scenes, we know that while the war is finally ending, the country has definitively fallen under Soviet occupation, extinguishing almost all hopes of regaining freedom. Bittersweet Ending: Aino finally discovers the truth about the death of his brother, while finding out that her love interest who killed him has also died.While most of their discussion is in German, Karl introduces himself and his homeplace in Estonian. Bilingual Dialogue: Karl Tammik meets a Danish volunteer named Carl.Berserk Button: Kamenski, when Põder seems to downplay the magnitude of the looming Soviet 'avalanche' and 'Red plague'.But there is less and less of them left every day. Jüri: Ruudi, Alli, Oskar, Aabram, Prohhor. Especially highlighted when Jüri calls them the only family he has left. Band of Brothers: The primary protagonist's platoon on both sides.

Anyone Can Die: Especially striking example, since a primary protagonist gets killed completely unexpectedly.Angsty Surviving Twin: Konstantin Käär, after his younger twin brother Anton is killed by a sniper's bullet.When asked about this by Prokhor, he answers: 'It's the end of the road for everybody.' They put a sign on the cross that says '31 fallen Red Army soldiers', ensuring that the grave gets dignified treatment by the NKVD troops that will follow. All Are Equal in Death: After the battle between Estonians, Jüri Jõgi orders to bury the fallen of both sides in the same grave.Action Prologue: The film opens right in the middle of the Battle of Tannenberg Line, with Saareste's platoon under Soviet artillery fire.Abandoned War Child: The little girl who is saved by Karl and who ends up adopted by his sister after the war.

1944 tannenberg line