FRITSUD JA BLONDIINID

In Soviet cinema, which turned war films into an entertainment genre for mass consumption, the part of the "Kraut", Nazi, Aryan, foreigner – in other words, the enemy per se – was usually reserved to Baltic actors. It was something they did with mixed feelings but readily, since they regarded the Germans as such as cultured people – not to mention money and celebrity. An aesthetic practice with disastrous political consequences: Until today, Baltic people tend to be represented as sympathising with fascism – and the Greater Russian media are particularly prone to do this.(Catalogue, Leipzig 2008)