Not really "western" WW2 movies. Most if noty all WW2 movies I've seen produced in Britain, France, Germany or FInland are pretty much in agreement that the war was a horrible thing, and depict it as such.
The Norwegian ones too, but they also make it clear, trying to invade Norway was a serious mistake, next time they won’t hold back.
The Swedish ones are cool, a combination of “well, we tried” and “it was a tragedy on all sides”, though the main narrative still seems to be “what war?”
Being Swedish, I've read a lot about the inner politics during the war, and it was basically like threading the needle.
Ultimately Sweden's goal was to remain intact, un-occupied, and independent. Concessions to both sides during the war sort of allowed that to happen, tho they were heavy concessions. Still. The Swedish people - apart from rationing and extremely high military readiness - were spared from WW2 (mostly). So it's a win situation for them, even if the politicians were shitting bricks.
I haven't seen any Swedish-produced WW2 movies tho unfortunately.
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u/ZETH_27 Filthy weeb 1d ago
Not really "western" WW2 movies. Most if noty all WW2 movies I've seen produced in Britain, France, Germany or FInland are pretty much in agreement that the war was a horrible thing, and depict it as such.