Some spoilers.
Not a film about the holocaust, more about accountability in post-war Germany. For that reason I think some reviewers may have missed the point.
Robert Lindsay's minor SS officer, responsible for the murder of Sher's Jewish comedian during the holocaust, is doing well for himself during the German economic miracle of the 1950's. Sher returns to haunt and, with any luck, turn him.
This covers very different territory from the likes of Schindler's List and Shoah. It concerns the fate of lower rank officers and officials, the pen-pushers of the holocaust, and their transformation after the war into respectable citizens. Quite possible for an ex-mass-murderer to become a police official in the 'new' Germany, as Lindsay does. Sher's ghost is the tiniest fragment of his remaining guilt and, in the final stunning scene, walks through the streets of prosperous rebuilt Berlin dressed in his concentration camp uniform.
It's funny and moving and serious and features two great performances from Lindsay and Sher. See it if you can.
Not a film about the holocaust, more about accountability in post-war Germany. For that reason I think some reviewers may have missed the point.
Robert Lindsay's minor SS officer, responsible for the murder of Sher's Jewish comedian during the holocaust, is doing well for himself during the German economic miracle of the 1950's. Sher returns to haunt and, with any luck, turn him.
This covers very different territory from the likes of Schindler's List and Shoah. It concerns the fate of lower rank officers and officials, the pen-pushers of the holocaust, and their transformation after the war into respectable citizens. Quite possible for an ex-mass-murderer to become a police official in the 'new' Germany, as Lindsay does. Sher's ghost is the tiniest fragment of his remaining guilt and, in the final stunning scene, walks through the streets of prosperous rebuilt Berlin dressed in his concentration camp uniform.
It's funny and moving and serious and features two great performances from Lindsay and Sher. See it if you can.