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'1942: Unknown Battle'
(Sergey Zharkov, Ivan Batarev, Oleg Gayanov, et al / DVD / NR / (2019) 2021 / MPI Home Media)

Overview: WWII 1942: Rzhev, USSR. After one of the many brutal battles between the Red Army and the Nazis near the village of Ovsyannikovo, only half of the Red Army's company survives.

Freezing cold, with little to no reinforcements, the company receives the impossible order from Soviet headquarters to keep the village at all costs.

DVD Verdict: While pinned in this crucial strategical position, half their members dead, the other half of the company struggling to cope with their fear, all whilst finding the strength to believe in their unlikely chance of survival, we watch along as the bitterness of not only war, but the freezing cold elements begin to take ahold.

With the weight of his soldiers lives on his shoulders, the company commander faces the choice between sending his unit to a sure death in battle or death by court-martial. We know what choice he makes, but the way that he struggles on screen within himself is an acting class of the highest order, trust me.

Like a drop in the ocean, this one battle reveals the honorable, yet tragic depth to which the Red Army fought to help defeat the Nazis in WWII.

Ergo, '1942: Unknown Battle' (from MPI Home Media via Capelight Pictures) is an incredibly well filmed and wholly cinematic tale that unfolds via battle scenes that are top notch throughout.

Featuring a wonderful, cultured set of lead actors, and directed in fine standing by Igor Kopylov ('Leningrad 46,' TV Series), the way his camera work follows the trials and tribulations of most all these soldiers on screen is simply amazing.

An incident that has been labeled the turning point of World War II, '1942: Unknown Battle' is both captivating and enthralling from start to finish, with such bombastic explosions during battles that, should you have surround sound, you almost feel you're out there in those snow-laden fields with them! This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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