Burial is a 2022 war thriller from Estonia that turns the closing days of World War II into a tense chase through hostile forest.
What is Burial about?
As the war in Europe collapses toward its final weeks, a small Red Army unit is handed an unusual and dangerous cargo: remains believed to belong to Adolf Hitler, which they must escort across contested ground back to Moscow. Director Ben Parker frames the journey less as a triumphant march than as a nerve-shredding survival exercise, with the soldiers hunted by holdout enemy forces determined to seize or destroy what they are carrying. The film leans into forest ambushes, close-quarters combat, and the paranoia of a group that no longer trusts the ground beneath its own feet. Charlotte Vega anchors the unit as a soldier whose resolve is tested at every turn, while Tom Felton appears as part of the opposing threat stalking the convoy. Rather than treating the historical footnote as a punchline, the film uses it to explore what soldiers on both sides were still willing to do once the outcome of the war was no longer in doubt.
About the cast
The ensemble is led by Charlotte Vega and Barry Ward, with Tom Felton, Harriet Walter, and Bill Milner rounding out a cast drawn largely from British and European genre film. Their performances favor physical tension over dialogue, fitting a story that spends much of its runtime in dense woodland rather than in conversation.
Context & significance
Estonia's forests and countryside stand in for the shifting front lines of the war's final chapter, giving the production a stark, unglamorous look distinct from bigger-budget World War II epics. At 95 minutes, Burial keeps its focus narrow: one unit, one mission, and the constant threat of ambush, which suits its identity as a lean genre thriller rather than a sweeping historical drama.
Watching Burial on Ktime
Burial is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, and the film includes a Persian dub for viewers who prefer to follow the story in Farsi. K-Time is built around a Farsi-first viewing experience for the Iranian diaspora, and titles like this one sit alongside a wider library of war and thriller cinema.