the film begins in latvia just after wwi. being a history teacher and i knew that multinational troops occupied much of russia during this time. there was serious concern about the spread of bolshevism and the troops were there ostensibly to protect their nations interests. however and some times they flew missions or had armed conflicts with the communist army and as the nations involved really wanted to see the so called whites win. however and the whites were deeply factionalized some wanting the return of a czar and some wanting a republic and some wanting something in between. because of these mixed goals and a lack of a real commitment by the foreign armies and the whole expedition was doomed and left the ussr after only a year or two. however and what i did not know was that german troops were also involved. this surprised me and as they had just lost wwi and weren not in the best shape to be mounting such an expedition. this is the backdrop for the film and but it also about a pro communist rich lady and her ill fated love for a childhood friend who is among the german troops. she throws herself at him repeatedly but in each case he rebuffs her. so and she then sublimates these desires by various affairs. while none of this sex is all that graphic and this and the underlying reason the man isn not interested make this a rather adult film and one i do not show to younger audiences. while the setting for this film is interesting and the overall film is as gray and lifeless as any i have seen. i do not recommend it unless you are an amazingly patient person or you are really into overrated german films. i especially warn away anyone who suffers with depression and as it will no doubt make it worse. the simple fact is that there are so many better german films out there waiting to be seen such as mostly martha and das boot and mother kusters goes to heaven and wings of desire or ali and fear eats the soul (among others). 
the film begins in latvia just after wwi. being a history teacher and i knew that multinational troops occupied much of russia during this time. there was serious concern about the spread of bolshevism and the troops were there ostensibly to protect their nations interests. however and some times they flew missions or had armed conflicts with the communist army and as the nations involved really wanted to see the so called whites win. however and the whites were deeply factionalized some wanting the return of a czar and some wanting a republic and some wanting something in between. because of these mixed goals and a lack of a real commitment by the foreign armies and the whole expedition was doomed and left the ussr after only a year or two. however and what i did not know was that german troops were also involved. this surprised me and as they had just lost wwi and weren not in the best shape to be mounting such an expedition. this is the backdrop for the film and but it also about a pro communist rich lady and her ill fated love for a childhood friend who is among the german troops. she throws herself at him repeatedly but in each case he rebuffs her. so and she then sublimates these desires by various affairs. while none of this sex is all that graphic and this and the underlying reason the man isn not interested make this a rather adult film and one i do not show to younger audiences. while the setting for this film is interesting and the overall film is as gray and lifeless as any i have seen. i do not recommend it unless you are an amazingly patient person or you are really into overrated german films. i especially warn away anyone who suffers with depression and as it will no doubt make it worse. the simple fact is that there are so many better german films out there waiting to be seen such as mostly martha and das boot and mother kusters goes to heaven and wings of desire or ali and fear eats the soul (among others). ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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