Sadly, they will never get that chance.
The defense initially appears successful, but the German numbers are too great.
Despite heavy losses, they eventually break through and kill many of the characters.
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It follows a young boy, Flyora (Yuri Kravchenko), who enlists with the Belarusian partisans.
But by far the biggest tragedy is what awaits him at the end of the film.
Shockingly, Flyora does survive the movie, but he witnesses unimaginable horror at the hands of the Nazis.
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Flyora arrives at the village of Khatyn, the site of a horrific massacre.
Nazis lock the villagers in the church, setting fire to it with everyone still inside.
The two often play together and talk through the fence without Bruno’s family knowing of their friendship.
One day, Shmuel reveals to Bruno that his father has gone missing.
Though in reality, it’s virtually certain that his father was killed by the Nazis.
But they are too late, as the Nazis have executed Bruno and Shmuel by gassing them to death.
However, this newer version of the movie decided to ramp things up a bit.
In this adaptation, Paul survives the war until its final day, November 11, 1918.
All of his friends have been killed and he is all alone on the front.
Though an armistice has been reached, it is not set to take effect until 11:00 am.
Here, Paul saves a new recruit from death and grapples with a French soldier.
Seconds later, the trumpets soundit is 11:00 am, and the war is over.
In a heart-wrenching moment, the two actually attempt to kill each other before coming to their senses.
Both have heavily wounded each other, and the Southern forces are retreating.
Jin-tae orders Jin-seok to run as he covers their escape with a machine gun, but is tragically killed.
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