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A disgusting pro-Soviet propaganda

posted 2 years ago by lolkatz (495)
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Latvians portrayed as former Nazis that deserve to "die slowly" at the hands of the Soviet occupiers (dr. Elwort). Midwinter's paramilitary group taken to symbolically represent the entire US military establishment as war-mongering fascists. Then the movie has them all massacred and the Soviet Col. Stock triumphantly sneer at them, as though the Soviets were the good guys. Anyone advocating from liberating Eastern Europe from the Soviet yoke is portrayed as a fascistic Christian fundamentalist (Midwinter).

[–] Misty (250) 2 months ago

I think that this film is sneering at fanatical anti Communism. General Midwinter's speeches could have been made by Barry Goldwater. In the nuclear age, that sort of fanaticism was dangerous. As Colonel Stok says at the end, it's a little bit stupid.