Litsid: The Whores

The preparation for this TV-series was extensive and thorough but unfortunately the final result misses the mark.As it is with other estonian tv series , the characters are bland and quite boring. And for the potrayal of Mr. Falkenberg. lets just say there wont be any awards and reason to pop the champagne bottle because it was quite cringe worthy portrayal. I will give Litsid 5/10. You could watch it but if you dont then its just as fine.

I found this being played on... New Zealand public television, of all places! I really liked it. A bit slow at first, but then it gets interesting enough that you just want to see one more episode, and then one more, and one more... Gives a lovely historical context to something that many people have been taught about in school - WW2 and how warring nations occupied and bombed Northern Europe - but seeing it through the eyes of prostitutes is much more memorable than seeing a documentary, I think. Well worth a look! A couple of verrrrry cringy moments though, such as Mrs Falkenberg trying to speak in Estonian with a "German accent" - please just hang in there. These moments will pass :)

This serial explains much about history. But you also need to know history. It's very anti communist, but you are wrong if you think it's anti Russian. There are several Russian characters in film, who suffer from communism and hate socialist regime. Stalin killed millions and millions Soviet citizens and you were still obliged to love him and the party. Then when the war begins, you're in between these tyrants, so you either have to love Hitler or love Stalin, even when you hate them both and want to be left in peace. I think more people in Russia should see this, because we were taught history differently in school and we think that small countries around us are very mean to us. We have countless films about nazi army occupying countries, but Soviet army did the same thing in Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and other places. History can be very painful to accept, but this serial is very humane and you can feel empathy for most characters, regardless of their nation.

We've been waiting for a good history series in Estonia for quite a long time. This one is different, not your typical heroism tale but from a view point of hookers, who are drawn into political games. It's been compared to Babylon Berlin and Dawnton Abbey, even as the budget is like thousand times smaller. It takes off slow but once it gets going, it's an exiting tale of spies and murder but first of all a story of a country drawn slowly into war and losing its independence. Very good actors.

This series really carried me away, the storyline is captivating and the execution of the production is on point. The specificity of the details and historical accuracy blows me away. I really enjoyed watching this and recommend it!