Whilst this is a low budget movie going by Hollywood titles, it has a great depth to it, in part due to the good acting & due to the story being based on fact.
It tells the true story about how the mainly Serbian, Partisans brutally tortured, raped then murdered innocent families (most of whom were Croatian) who were fleeing the fascist units. These innocents were fleeing persecution & were hoping to surrender to British forces in Austria. However due to an Allied agreement, these Croatian civilians were prevented from entering the British occupied areas.
Once the mainly Serbian Partisans caught up to & captured these civilians they were quick to deal out their usual punishment to those they despised - execution - it is generally agreed that these executions included rape and subsequent killing by stoning of women and beheading of men. The movie shows this fact quite glaringly & painfully. It shows the hatred in the Partisans & the fears of the murdered civilians. It is in your face, but there would be no other way to show such atrocities.
I believe this movie was completed after a large number of mass graves were found & it is generally believed that Serbian Partisans murdered up to 150,000 civilians without cause during this time. It is a sad testament to what some people can become.
I rate it highly due to the movie sticking largely to known facts about the event & the in your face attitude of the cameramen in attempting to truthfully show what was an extremely brutal event.
It tells the true story about how the mainly Serbian, Partisans brutally tortured, raped then murdered innocent families (most of whom were Croatian) who were fleeing the fascist units. These innocents were fleeing persecution & were hoping to surrender to British forces in Austria. However due to an Allied agreement, these Croatian civilians were prevented from entering the British occupied areas.
Once the mainly Serbian Partisans caught up to & captured these civilians they were quick to deal out their usual punishment to those they despised - execution - it is generally agreed that these executions included rape and subsequent killing by stoning of women and beheading of men. The movie shows this fact quite glaringly & painfully. It shows the hatred in the Partisans & the fears of the murdered civilians. It is in your face, but there would be no other way to show such atrocities.
I believe this movie was completed after a large number of mass graves were found & it is generally believed that Serbian Partisans murdered up to 150,000 civilians without cause during this time. It is a sad testament to what some people can become.
I rate it highly due to the movie sticking largely to known facts about the event & the in your face attitude of the cameramen in attempting to truthfully show what was an extremely brutal event.