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Nick Baker-MonteysKäsikirjoitus:
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Eeva FleigNäyttelijät:
Jürgen Prochnow, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Tambet Tuisk, Suzanne von Borsody, Artjom Gilz, Kathrin Angerer, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Andreas Patton (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
When his wife passes away, Eduard decides it’s time to revisit his past in this beautifully shot and expertly acted film. Reluctantly along for the ride is Eduard’s granddaughter Adele, who hasn’t had much of a relationship with her grandfather. While Eduard has spent his life hiding from his past, Adele begins slowly learning more and more about him. And it isn’t long before the motivation for this road trip becomes clear. Set during the beginning of the Ukraine / Russian conflict of 2014, The Final Journey follows Eduard and Adele as they travel from Germany to the Ukraine in search of a woman Eduard loved while fighting with the Cossacks against Russia during WWII. Providing a fascinating perspective on past wars, The Final Journey doesn’t shy away from the emotional impact of spending one’s life feeling the effects of one war while heading straight into another one - literally and figuratively. Life’s a harrowing journey for children of war. (Cleveland International Film Festival)
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Once in a while, the TV shows some real human experience, which deserves to be labeled as the best that movie dramas can offer. And it’s clear that the main focus here will be on the story. In this case, the story again involves the Second World War. Not that it takes place in it. Rather, it ends one unfinished chapter. The camera will thus very quickly transport you from Germany to tumultuous Ukraine, which is kind of living its own separate life and kickstarts the story of the character which is so brilliantly portrayed by Jürgen Prochnow. It shows us human nature, both its good and bad aspects. It compares nationalities, lives before and after the war. It compares what was then and what is now, it observes the absurdity of borders and it tries to answer a number of unanswered family questions. All of that in the span of 107 minutes, which this film has at its disposal. A movie full of good people and people who simply are the way they are. Neither bad nor good, simply unique. Subject to the time, a given state, a given life in a given time. Simply a story of a former Wehrmacht officer who, coincidentally, became a member of the Ukrainian Kozaks. You will find out what happened next in this beautiful and unique life story.
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