Review of Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero

I just watched this film and thought it to be pretty bad. There was no suspense in an area that should have been awful for the people involved. The lack of attention to details really bothered me. Example, the German troops were transported in a 1953 2 1/2 ton American army truck - the German Colonel's medals were wrong. He wore a regular army knights cross iron cross but he was in the SS, so the iron cross should have had a swastika in the center, which was reserved for the SS only. The flippant manner of Hurt would have lasted a few seconds in Vichy France and was not realistic to the times. The real Varian Fry was always nicely turned out, but Hurt portrayed him as unkempt. My wife agrees this is a totally unrealistic film and is typical of the way Hollywood does not know how to make really good movies any longer. The subject matter deserved a much better effort.