This movie is inspired by the true events of the denazification process of a famous orchestra conductor named Wilhelm Furtwangler.
The movie includes quite a significant amount of dialogue between the two famous actors Harvey Keitel (investigator / prosecutor frome the US army) and Stellan Skarsgard (Furtwangler). These discussions thereby take mainly place situated in one room. Attending are also two other people, a lieutenant from the US Army and a transcriber. Remarkable is that the latter is the daughter of a german Wehrmacht colonel whom - close to the end of WW2 - was executed because of his involvement in an assassenation attempt on Hitler.
This movie has an average IMDb rating of 7.1 stars when this review is written. I personally score this movie at 6.0/10, resulting in an IMDb rating of 6 stars. Despite the great actors, I found that the story does not warrant a feature length movie. Because of it taking place mainly in one room, I found it also not that visually appealing. There a movies that are way better in showing the post-war investigation. This movie is however a great watch if you have a special interest in the denazification process.
The movie includes quite a significant amount of dialogue between the two famous actors Harvey Keitel (investigator / prosecutor frome the US army) and Stellan Skarsgard (Furtwangler). These discussions thereby take mainly place situated in one room. Attending are also two other people, a lieutenant from the US Army and a transcriber. Remarkable is that the latter is the daughter of a german Wehrmacht colonel whom - close to the end of WW2 - was executed because of his involvement in an assassenation attempt on Hitler.
This movie has an average IMDb rating of 7.1 stars when this review is written. I personally score this movie at 6.0/10, resulting in an IMDb rating of 6 stars. Despite the great actors, I found that the story does not warrant a feature length movie. Because of it taking place mainly in one room, I found it also not that visually appealing. There a movies that are way better in showing the post-war investigation. This movie is however a great watch if you have a special interest in the denazification process.