Generation War - 2013 - 6/10
AKA - Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter

On the eve of Operation Barbarossa, five friends gather in the local tavern.
One female plans to be a singer, another has graduated nursing and will head to the Eastern front.
Two brothers are in the Wehrmacht, and they are destined for glory in Russia.
The fifth has been trying to emigrate to America, more so after Kristallnacht.
Trying to distill the time from spring 1941 to Götterdämmerung is a big ask.
Focusing on Russia and Poland helps, and there are not too many side characters.
Brutality is shown, as are moral conflicts, although “Final Solution” is glossed.
The level of coincidental chance encounters is off the scale.