Directed by:
Elmo NüganenScreenplay:
Leo KunnasCast:
Märt Pius, Mait Malmsten, Ain Mäeots, Gert Raudsep, Rain Simmul, Ivo Uukkivi, Tiunu Oja, Jaak Prints, Martin Mill, Peeter Tammearu, Andero Ermel, Tanel Saar (more)Plots(1)
The last year of the war on Estonian turf. Men are fighting on the border of Europe and Russia. Some have been taken to the Red Army, some to Waffen SS. Today 70 years on, the filmmakers, try to show the hopes, aims and drama of these men as objectively as possible. (Estonian Film Institute)
Cast
Märt Pius
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Class Reunion (2016)
The Dissidents (2017)
Mait Malmsten
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Take It or Leave It (2018)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Love Is Blind (2013)
Ain Mäeots
Soviet Union
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Gert Raudsep
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Revolution of Pigs (2004)
The Eternal Road (2017)
Rain Simmul
Soviet Union
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost (2022)
The Heart of the Bear (2001)
Ivo Uukkivi
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Darkness in Tallinn (1993)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
1944: The Final Defence (2007)
Tiunu Oja
Soviet Union
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Revolution of Pigs (2004)
The Fencer (2015)
Jaak Prints
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
The Fencer (2015)
Mother (2016)
Martin Mill
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Revolution of Pigs (2004)
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (2022)
Peeter Tammearu
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Revolution of Pigs (2004)
Mushrooming (2012)
Andero Ermel
Estonia
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Melchior the Apothecary (2022)
Tanel Saar
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
I Was Here (2008)
Anne Reemann
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Cherry Tobacco (2014)
Maiken Pius
Estonia
Best movies:
Truth and Justice (2019)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
The End of the Chain (2017)
Kristjan Sarv
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Naked Harbour (2012)
Kristo Viiding
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Helene (2020)
Marko Leht
Estonia
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Deliver Us (2023)
Kaspar Velberg
Best movies:
Riders of Justice (2020)
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Firebird (2021)
Priit Pius
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Phantom Owl Forest (2018)
Attack on Finland (2021)
Hendrik Toompere Jr.
Soviet Union
Best movies:
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Mushrooming (2012)
Melchior the Apothecary (2022)