Film2019124 min

Blizzard of Souls

Name: Blizzard of Souls
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2019
Duration: 124 min
Cast: Oto Brantevics, Vilis Daudziņš, Ivars Krasts, Gatis Gāga, Mārtiņš Vilsons

Taste attributes: dramahistorywarhistoricalactionfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeExpect a serious, realistic war film, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.8 /10

TMDB · 63 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB