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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Starring: Juliane Köhler, Maria Schrader
  • Summary: In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. (Zeitgeist Films)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. 80
    A sophisticated and beautiful feature debut.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    A bold, remarkable film.
  3. 60
    A consistently engrossing piece of work.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. LisaJoN.
    10
    As a lesbian and as someone who lived in Germany as a child after the second world war, I found the emotional and national resonance of the film to be breathtaking. Everthing rings so true and at the same time so wonderously happy and so tragic. I cannot recommend a film more hightly. Expand

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