In love and the world I don’t know why the annotation is incorrect – where does the information that a soldier is “runting” from the front come from? Nothing like this - he is sent home after a wound and also accompanies a disabled comrade who received a serious wound in the same battle with him. They – the Danes – by the will of geopolitical intrigues of the 19th century living on the very edge of the German state – were called to the First World War (in the then concept – the Great) and honestly served three terrible years. The film begins with this last, rather local, battle, then shows the hospital and a tense scene with the clarification of the suspicious wound of the main character - in the Second World War he would definitely be accused of self-harm and self-immolation, and sent to a minimum penalty wage. 1917 - a more gentle time, besides the Danes do not enjoy full confidence in the army and the inspector, obviously, decides that they have had enough and noblely lets them home.
In general, all that is written above is the first ten minutes of the film, and in the remaining 125 minutes of nobility there is less and more grief — really, it is difficult to get used to after the horrors of the advanced in a peaceful life, and also to start living in families that used to do without you. But the film shows that even in the rear, military orders are strict, the situation is difficult, because the Danish population has the German leadership, and peaceful life is it, near, in their native Denmark, but how to get there?
The fate of the hero causes sympathy, anger, and admiration, and the final shakes such a necessary and bitter catharsis.
I highly recommend to an intelligent, interested in the history of border relations, the viewer.
9 out of 10
