"Das Trio" is a German movie from 1998, so this one soon will have its 20th anniversary. It runs for slightly over 90 minutes and was directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, who is also one of the three writers working on this one. The cast includes a handful famous names, such as the late Götz George playing possibly the main character as well as Christian Berkel, the young Jeanette Hain and Armin Rohde (as well as his brother Uwe), only to mention a few. German movie fans will certainly know these people. I am not too sure though if they know Felix Eitner. This is definitely one of his biggest performance and he has kinda disappeared since this film came out. Lets take a look at the story here. Sadly, it is not convincing at all and you see that Huntgeburth is still far far away from her best. The plot has nothing (or almost nothing) to do with reality. The character seem over-the-top in a way that lacks realism completely and the sexual orientations of the characters do not feel authentic, but just made as dramatic for the sake of it, not for telling a good story unfortunately. If there is one thing that this film lacks, then it is subtlety and this not only refers to the script, but also to the actors who go way over the top on some occasions. This was especially disappointing for me to watch as I am quite a big Götz George fan, but he is not one of the (non-existing almost= positive aspects in here either. I guess this film is still somewhat known (definitely more known than it should be) as films about LBGT subjects frequently are, even if the quality just isn't there. Annd this is oh so true for this one here. Another word on Eitner, he played such a crucial character, but was oh so forgettable. No surprise his career went irrelevant fairly quickly as his role was truly baity here, but he did not only not make the most of it, he made almost nothing of it. What stays somewhat solid is eventually just the really stunning Jeanette Hain, who gives an okay performance foe her age I guess and also an occasionally good moment from George. Berker, however, was really wasted here in my opinion. All in all, the negative clearly outweighs the positive and 4 stars out of 10 is still somewhat on the generous side. I give this one a thumbs-down, one of my least favorite George films.
Review of The Trio
