Ohjaus:
Rudolf van den BergKuvaus:
Guido van GennepNäyttelijät:
Jeroen Spitzenberger, Karl Markovics, Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Katja Herbers, Golda de Leon, Nasrdin Dchar, Tygo Gernandt, Krijn ter Braak (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Amsterdam, summer 1942. Walter Süskind can count himself lucky that he's found a job with the Jewish Council, which offers him and his family protection from deportation to Germany. One night, Walter witnesses the arrest of a Jewish family. The couple's children Roosje and Simon escape, but how will they survive in the occupied city? It is Süskind's task to arrange for the detainees to be sent to work in Germany. But when he discovers what is really awaiting his fellow Jews, he decides to double-cross the Germans. He befriends a high-ranking SS officer, Aus der Fünten, while cooperating with the underground movement. With other co-conspirators, he devises cunning ways to help save many children from certain death. Among those children are Simon and Roosje, who were ultimately picked up. But the lives of Walter and his family are also endangered when Aus der Fünten begins to suspect that Walter is not the trustworthy manager he seems to be. The SS man has become attached to Walter and prefers to believe that Walter is really his friend. When his superiors convince him that Süskind is the brains behind this operation, Aus der Fünten explodes. Deeply hurt and feeling betrayed, he takes revenge on the only person in Amsterdam he feels close to. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (1)
The Netherlands has convinced me several times that during Second World War, there was also a huge number of powerful and emotional stories worth telling in their country. One realizes that during the Second World War there was not only the Englishman Winton or the German Schindler, but that such people included, for example, the Dutchman Süskind, who also took part in saving the children from a terrible fate. The film must get as much of your attention as possible, as it is necessary to watch every moment. Unfortunately, I can’t give it the full number of stars, because I was quite lost at some points. I wondered if it was caused by my own historical ignorance or a failure of the creators’ complicated storytelling and portrayal of the era. It’s hard to say. Nevertheless, the message of the film was clear and I did not miss it. A big plus of this film is that it does not look at people as Germans (the bad ones) and the rest (the good ones), but as people who have emotions and it is clear to them that some decisions are not easy to make. Anyway, hats off to the Cinemax channel that allowed me to see this movie.
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