The Guard of Auschwitz (2018) User Reviews

Horrible acting

[info-77430 · 4/10 · 26 May 2019]

My compliments to the director to make with a very low budget ( I guess) this movie. With light and just a minimal decor he builds a good set.

However the acting is horrible, with some kind of Eastern Europe accent. The dialogs sound unnatural and the whole movie unfortunately turns into a school play of the 3th grade

a good story but horrible acting

[jeltestienstra · 3/10 · 25 May 2019]

For starters, why in earth do the actors speak english with a very bad german accent. That fact alone makes it unwatchable. I think that if the movie was spoken in german, it would have been way better to watch. The story an sich is not badly told but the actors lack charisma.

mediocre film

[abarratt-87743 · 3/10 · 1 June 2019]

This film had bad acting, bad accents. The storyline was weak and lacked a sense of direction. The film was too short. I wouldn't recommend it

Typical Low Budget

[mjwood8813-640-282660 · 1/10 · 8 June 2019]

There are quite a few low budget World War 2 films and for some reason, they all feel the same... regardless of Country or Origin, Bad Acting, Bad Sets, Historical Inaccuracies and scripts that should have gone in the bin rather than into production. This is no exception.

Think there was only 3 or 4 scenes throughout the whole film. The actors act like they were on a pantomime stage rather than a film set. Everything was Soooooo slow as well, it was worse than bad.

Please, don't waste your time like I did, you'll never get it back.

It could have been...

[davidfurlotte · 2/10 · 27 May 2019]

I actually could not even finish the movie, and there are less than a handful of movies with that distinction.

The concept that not ALL the men who worked in the death camps were as evil as were made out to be, however, this movie needed something to elevate it to greatness.

I'm still not sure if it was the writing or the acting that brought this production down to the level of being compared to a grade three level play. It might have been the forced accents they used or the actors simply negated to get into character for their scenes.

Portraying Rachel as being strong and willful was ridiculous because if she began her stay in Auschwitz like that, she wouldn't have survived for more than 30 seconds. The main actor (the guard) basically reminded me of a person who was trying very hard to ACT as if he were compassionate. Therein lies the problem. When actors are seen as acting a part it means they don't believe the things they're saying and doing and if they don't believe it, there is no way to convince the audience.

One of the most ridiculous scenes in the movie is when Rachel gave birth to a child. A woman giving birth to her first child would not deliver it so quickly or as quietly as they tried to portray in the movie. There would have been some major distraction by many people in order to keep the birthing of a child a secret from the guards.

Overall, if you want to watch a good movie about life in the camps, I would suggest you watch Schindler's List.

Terrible acting

[curtisratcliff · 1/10 · 1 June 2019]

Whoever has rated this about 1 must have been involved with the production in some way it is seriously hurrendous, do not waste your time with this rubbish, if I could rate this -10 I would do

An hour of my life I won't get back

[lizmartin-04369 · 1/10 · 17 November 2020]

The worst film I've ever seen. So bad I felt compelled to sign up and write this review. I've seen better acting in my daughters school play. Don't waste your time!

Embarrassingly bad

[nicholas-birbeck · 1/10 · 19 November 2020]

I confess I gave up watching this about five minutes. The American actors trying to speak viz a chairman acczent, which as a previous reviewer said was like a bad parody of Allo Allo, but vizout der senz of humour. The music - what can I say? If it had drums going ratatat it would be stock Hollywood heroic war movie stuff. Without, like this, it was just meaningless portentous suburban soap opera stuff. As another reviewer pointed out, they should have learned something from Schindlers List. There were no soft hearted german guards in Auschwitz - in fact most of the guards came from Lithuania, Ukraine and other occupied territories. Just as there were no soft hearted doctors, unless you count nice doctor Mengele. A travesty and an insult to the million that died there.

Not bad for a low budget film

[driller1961 · 7/10 · 30 September 2019]

Many people have commented on the bad acting and accents used by the actors in this film. After watching it I thought it was an ok movie with a half decent story line similar to Schindlers list.

Horrific for wrong reasons

[ebbanjenkins · 1/10 · 24 August 2019]

Having a very sick sense of humour you may consider watching this..its truly horrendous it's like the 'allo 'allo version of a concentration camp..what makes it so horrifically cringe making I disagree is the bad acting or the obviously low budget it's the incredibly unbelievable storyline and the insultingly stupid script...If it was written by an earnest 13 year old it might be forgivable,to imagine that this was written by an adult professional writer is appalling.I honestly feel sorry for the actors involved it's like they've been cast in a movie whose scriptwriter is so naive in the extreme and cliché ridden that even a prime Robert DeNiro couldn't make it sound natural and believable...I can imagine any real life holocaust survivor would find this insulting ly dumb.

WEL WORTH WATCHING

[grahamvr · 8/10 · 25 July 2022]

It may not be a Schindler's List but it's not meant to be. The camera work was very good, the story well written, the acting very appropriate for the time of the story. As it states at the end this was a fictional story, however based on actual events during WW2.

In reading many of the other reviews I feel they are either uneducated or just plain stupid to think this torturous time never happened. I was born 2 years before this war ended and during my life I have known quite a few people who went through those terrible times.

Let's hope we never see anything like this again, or maybe we need to so those who wrote such disgusting reviews will get to experience what life and death can really be like.

Thank you Amazon for bringing this movie out for us to see.

A lot of Negative critics!

[mikaszappia · 6/10 · 12 August 2019]

When a cinematic german drama comes out with a lower review than "Human Centipede 2". I come in expecting some outlandish European Rubbish.

Everything is in English, even if they have a heavy acted accent. Over all, anyone that doesn't say, "It's a decent attempt", is lying. *6/10*

Worst Auschwitz Movie Ever

[shanemckernan · 1/10 · 4 June 2019]

Pros: Just witnessed the worst acting ever. Cons: Boring yet pathetic storyline, complimented with irritating music throughout.

Conclusion: Value your time on earth & skip this movie.

I can't believe how terrible the acting was!

[mujomuric · 1/10 · 2 June 2019]

Don't waste your time with this movie. The actors don't deserve even one star!

Absolute waste of time

[DrD3 · 1/10 · 12 June 2019]

When will it end? The movie? The war? The constant endless conveyor belt of these lame attempts to vilify and victimize are so transparently bogus that any real researcher or astute historian can expose its endless shortcomings and outrageous exaggerations and outright lies.

He's hardly a gaurd

[stealthhaggis · 1/10 · 2 July 2019]

Seriously, he's a guard for one shift! This film is clearly low budget, the music is annoying, the accents are excruciating and the acting is pretty poor. All in all, avoid.

Poorest quality and the lowest standard of film making on all levels !!!!

[Moviereeeels12 · 1/10 · 30 September 2019]

This is a very sensitive, powerful, heartbreaking and evil period in our still living memory , writers, actors, directors and producers should approach this area carefully and respectfully. Sadly this team didn't, very low budget, poor script, poor acting and poor everything, if you can't do it properly don't do it !!! the reviews on the DVD box claim ... ' A companion Piece To Schindler's List' & ' An Engaging World War II Drama' quoted from Bryn Curt James Hammond (look him up on IMDB) , should be sued for those comments and obviously paid, did he even see the film??? . If i could give '0' score i would , shame on all the crew and people involved !!!!

Oh my god

[staks-78173 · 1/10 · 20 July 2019]

Seriously, anyone who can even finish watching this garbage, let alone rate it anything other that a "1" is related to the people involved in hashing it together.....

You may prefer Uwe Boll's

[searchanddestroy-1 · 7/10 · 6 April 2021]

I thought about Uwe Boll's AUSCHWITZ when I watched this one. Both belong to the bottom of the barrel films speaking of the Holocaust. Both are lousy, clumsy, but useful though, to help young generations to undertsand the unthinkable. There were fortunately many other films, and series, TV movies and documents talking about this topic. This is not Robert Merle's LA MORT EST MON METIER either, a novel showing the point of view of Auschwitz warden. I don't think this book was ever adapted, so shame. Anyway, this corny movie deserves to be seen.

Oh my very dear ....

[geemarge-84113 · 2/10 · 10 July 2019]

I've given it two stars because I think they've tried , and as a fluffy nazi,the lead is easy on the eye. That's all really. Accents are so bad it's a worry anyone let that out into the public sphere. I think the main issue, when addressing the horrors of millions, millions and millions of Jews is that the impact cannot be made with four actors, a wobbly camera, some very clean stripy pjs and a really weak script. Imagine a local am dram doing a four page script over an hour, in a tiny room about a nazi who wants to be liked, a wanna be mean nazi with a little gun and two cans of Gas , oh and a baby ... yup that's it! Enjoy .

A heart amongst them

[naomiarcher-27517 · 9/10 · 12 May 2019]

This film brought to life a real and heart wrenching scenario of just some of the atrocities that happened during the Second World War. Michael McKell plays an evil SS officer perfectly and his daughter Claudia Grace McKell played Helena, who delivered a wonderful performance along with her Co star Lewis Kirk who played a compassionate guard, also a great performance.The film was excellent and I highly recommend viewing. I would like to have seen the ending on a more dramatic and happier note. Although the only happy outcome of WW2 was the death of the Fuhrer.

An Important Look into a Side of the Camps You Do Not Normally See

[martydickinson · 7/10 · 16 February 2021]

Any movie about the SS would have us thinking they were all loyal and faithful soldiers who never questioned the cause. This movie will make you question that stereotype. I can see why such poor reviews would be given. There are no broad scenes with hundreds of victims like you would see in Schindler's List. In fact, the sets are so small and confined to small rooms that the movie could easily be an off Broadway play with an acting staff of less than a dozen. But there is so much whispering in the movie (for good reason) that it would have to be a movie just to capture the dialogue. Don't seek an action blood and guts movie here, but it's an important addition to your watch list if you want a glimpse into a real possible life of a soldier.

Low budget, bad acting.

[amygrier-04035 · 1/10 · 5 June 2019]

Must be a very low budget film, there are only three rooms where anything is filmed, very short film and boring storyline, must Auschwitz films are sad, this one was just boring.

very very poor all round

[philsampson-16524 · 2 November 2019]

All you need to do now is read the back of the dvd to see who the director/writer is,,,,and save yourself some money..

Disappointing

[noosanah · 1/10 · 30 November 2020]

For a topic as heavy as the holocaust, you'd expect something gigantic! Something that makes you feel how terrible and terrifying Auschwitz is.. Instead, we got soft speaking soldiers with terrible acting. When the Jews arrived to Auschwitz, I was expecting fear and crying, but what I got was blank faces with no expressions. As if they were bored... There's just no feeling delivered from any of the actors. I do not recommend this at all..

Peace