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in protest but also because he is physically
unable to lead. The major replaces the captain
with a young lieutenant, who doesn’t have any
war experience and he isn’t able to lead his
men.
But orders are orders and they must be
execute. The HQ asks to reach an outdoor
stronghold, laying new communication wires,
though it’s a suicide mission because snipers
are targeting anyone going beyond the trench.
All soldiers are at the end of their ropes and
all orders seem ridiculous. A comrade,
selected to perform the impossible task, shoots
himself before the enemy out there can kill
him.
Events follow one another without any kind of
pattern and the tension rises palpably, scene by scene, with devastating simplicity and painful
realism.
A heart-breaking memorial to all soldiers who fought during the First World War.
No one of them is left now and no one else will be able to bear witness with his own voice to all the
pain and suffering caused by that war.
However, their experiences and their tales can still be passed on by us, remembered and kept
actual.
Not to forget those heroes represents a duty for all of us.

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