What do you expect from a teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian?
2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel
Set in Berlin in 1945, it tells the story of the end of The Second World War as told by Hitler's private secretary Traudl Junge. Let me say there isn't any fun or humour in this film, it's pretty grim. If this were about The Brits loosing I reckon there would be a bit of humour, the Germans were a weird bunch, in the face of defeat instead of having a cup of tea and thinking 'at least it's over now' they preferred to kill themselves. There is a lot of guns in mouths and super quick poison capsules going on.
Still the sets are brilliant and the acting takes you there and you really get the feel for what was going on at the time in that environment.
Great to see a war film from a different perspective, albeit without the happy ending.
8/10
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