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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 37 m
The Unknown Soldier

Summary The Wehrmacht-Exhibition, which was shown in eleven major cities in Germany between 1999 and 2004 and was visited by more than 500,000 attendants, challenged ordinary Germans to rethink what their fathers and grandfathers did during the war. Whereas most had been led to believe that the cold-blooded murder of civilians had been a crime o...

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 37 m

The Unknown Soldier

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Wehrmacht-Exhibition, which was shown in eleven major cities in Germany between 1999 and 2004 and was visited by more than 500,000 attendants, challenged ordinary Germans to rethink what their fathers and grandfathers did during the war. Whereas most had been led to believe that the cold-blooded murder of civilians had been a crime o...

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
71
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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90
Superb documentary.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
88
The cumulative evidence that genocide could not have occurred without the cooperation of the German army is overwhelming.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
70
Where Verhoeven loses his way is when he allows himself to sink into a seemingly endless recounting of atrocities, getting away from the main moral and philosophical questions his film brings up so provocatively.
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70
The reckoning with the past, which has occupied West German society since the 1960s, has been painful and divisive, which makes the calm, empirical spirit of this film all the more impressive.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
50
It is a painful but important subject, to be certain, but the film dilutes its own effectiveness by devolving into a collection of talking heads who often seem to be repeating each other.
By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW
50
The film eventually becomes one long therapy session for the German nation as it struggles to understand how its brave and good soldiers could have done such bad, bad things. We, the viewers, are forced to take on the uncomfortable role of therapist.
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Production Company ARTE, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Eikon Media GmbH, Sentana Filmproduktion, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Release Date Sep 7, 2007
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Artur Brauner Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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