_**Well done Hungarian WW2 flick with low-key supernatural overtones**_ On the Eastern Front during WW2, a disheartened Hungarian soldier is constantly refused furlough (Gábor Makray) and captured by the Soviets wherein he’s used as a “trampler,” a POW used to secure mined German-occupied areas for Soviet combatants; his mastery of several languages helps extend his life. “Dear Elza!” (2014) is a Hungarian production that meshes “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) with Indie-styled filmmaking à la “Straight Into Darkness” (2004) along with spiritual underpinnings in the mold of “The Devil’s Nig…
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