Forgotten films

Adam LeBor

ONE OF THE MANY JOYS of our new streaming universe, where years’ worth of content can be instantly accessed, is digging around in the more obscure corners of Netflix and Amazon Prime. For those with the patience to read subtitles, there is a cornucopia of excellent foreign-language films that mainstream cinema and television channels consider too niche to show, but which are still absorbing, even enlightening viewing. The Forgotten Battle and The Unknown Soldier are two of my most recent discoveries and are both highly recommended. Set in two lesser-known theatres of the Second World War — the Netherlands in late 1944, and the Russo-Finnish conflict — they are richly-layered, intelligent, character-led productions that show the bloody reality of war through the lives and deaths of everyday people. THERE IS…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2021

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