This movie's theme has been done to death. If you've seen one third Reich movie you've seen them all more or less.It was 82 years ago. Who cares! Get some new material already. I am sick of having five new nazi movies (or more) every year!This movie's theme has been done to death. If you've seen one third Reich movie you've seen them all more or less.It was 82 years ago. Who cares! Get some new material already. I am sick of having five new nazi movies (or more) every year!This movie's theme has been done to death. If you've seen one third Reich movie you've seen them all more or less.It was 82 years ago. Who cares! Get some new material already. I am sick of having five new nazi movies (or more) every year!

This is not propaganda- its a story loosely based on well documented and proved historical facts. Many Poles had a hand in the massacre of Jews (proved) and many Poles were deported or killed as well (because they wouldn't give up the Jews). The user who posted that review should really get their facts straight because what they are saying is bordering on antisemitism. Either way, I reported the post to IMDb so they will decide if it stays or is removedThis is not propaganda- its a story loosely based on well documented and proved historical facts. Many Poles had a hand in the massacre of Jews (proven) and many Poles were deported or killed as well (because they wouldn't give up the Jews). The user who posted that review should really get their facts straight because what they are saying is bordering on antisemitism. Either way, I reported the post to IMDb so they will decide if it stays or is removed

From the beginning one knows this is not going to be a walk in the park. The movie exudes heaviness wrapped in the antisemitism of the time, the country and the characters.Layered with numerous subplots about brother-brother relationship, the role of the church, the morals of the people, the dreariness of rural living in Poland-the main peeling of the onion unfolds in the last few minutes and the results are spellbinding.The twists and turns kept me engrossed and I found the acting so good that I had to remind myself that this was not a documentary. Having said that we were reminded by a poster that this is based on actual events, indeed that made it even more provocative and upsetting.It's the kind of movie that will have you thinking about it for along time.

Not too long ago, many were slaughtered, and there was a fraction that got all the attention and the blame. The problem is that there were parties that just stood by while others committed these crimes and/or either approved or even participated in their execution. The film explores how there was more to history than we have been exposed to, that the horrors were worse than anything we could imagine, and the devil shows his ugly face in more than one way.Two brothers find themselves at the heart of the story, which begins as a some type of thriller/conspiracy the likes of which we have seen before. For a while the spirit of "Chinatown" comes to mind, and a beautifully crafted film slowly unfurls a narrative where the mystery expands, the cast of the dueling parties grows as new layers are revealed, and eventually the film combines elements seen in old fashioned thrillers, horror movies, and even a touch of noir here and there.What takes the film to a higher category is that what we see here has basis on real historical events, and as we realize this, our souls hurt because the pain is too much, and it might be that there is the possibility that we can become one of the parties involved. After all, free will has always been at the core of the worst human decisions in history. Either we want to destroy, to save, or to remain quiet and allow the evils to continue and grow. Liars have for years assisted those who either killed or stole, and they condoned quietly the actions of others by not interfering.Films like these makes us remember how ignorant we are, in many different degrees by either not learning enough, not being willing to change and by not facing what really exists in our own souls.