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"BROTHER WARS" IS THE NEW MASTERPIECE OF JOHN ALDBERG
His film portrays the horrors of war by telling us the story of the Ostmarkian-Eiffellander One Day War.
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By Heinrich ObenausWIEN (ostmark) - In the morning of April 25th, 1871, a skirmish on the border between the Kingdom of Ostmark and the Kingdom of Eiffelland led to a confrontation that future generations in both countries would remember as the "One Day War". Four days later, on April 26th, at approximately 7 am, almost 20.000 men battled across the pastures of Tuchersfeld. By the evening, over 7000 soldiers were lying dead or injured on the ground, with several thousands injured left in the mud, unattended and agonizing, for almost a week. The outcome of the battle didn't see any real winner, but historians agree that the cries and the moaning of the injured prompted ostmarkian General Fredrich von Ludwigstadt and his eiffellander counterpart to agree to a temporary ceasefire in which medic corps from both sides assisted in the rescue of the injured and the removal of the corpses from the battlefield.
According to historical sources, scenes of fraternization and collective mourning among Ostmarkian and Eiffellander soldiers became more common. Shocked by the tragic outcome in terms of human lives and given the lack of a real reason to carry on the conflict, the two countries immediatly ceased hostilities and agreed on the preservation of the status quo. It was the first and last military clash between the two countries.
At the time, newspapers from both sides described the short-lived war as "an unnecessary bloodshed" sparked by futile reasons and probably by the hot headedness of the soldiers posted at the border near Tuchersfeld, in Ostmark. For years after the battle, the two countries argued over the responsibilities, but ostmarkian movie director John Aldberg decided to impress those events in a film that does not specifically blame one side, but rather condemns the futile reasons behind that conflict and the horrors of war "The majority of the dead and the injured were young ostmarkian and eiffellander boys, with an average age of 21." said the movie director.
"In Brother Wars - The Massacre of Tuchersfeld i portray the horrors of an unnecessary bloodshed. It was a battle in which soldiers who spoke the same language and shared a common cultural heritage battled over an insignificant skirmish that according to my research might have been sparked by an abuse of alcohol by elements of the border guards in Tuchersfeld" continued Aldberg "The Ostmarkian rulers, aswell as their Eiffellander counterparts, were perfectly aware that such a confrontation would have let to nothing but more bloodshed and unnecessary violence. Back then rationality and logic prevailed over pride and stubborness, and today the One Day War is an event our students learn in their history class. Brother Wars does not glorify the One Day War, but rather portrays the futulity of war, to remind everyone that cooperation and friendship between countries and peoples is the only hope for a future of progress and peace" he then concluded. The movie will be released on April 26th, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Tuchersfeld.
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