This film simply lacks courage to rethink the original book in dramatic terms. It escapes into apotheosizing instead of facing the tasks of a director who was brave enough at the first place to think he can tackle an issue as difficult as the holocaust - and that is curiosity, empathy, originality and a sharp eye. Instead you get actors without clear direction, dialogues and offs with little interest,fade outs instead of ideas, beautiful pictures, sepia and Morricone who makes you think you're in some romantic love adventure that somehow might turn out to be very very sad but then it does not... Dull.
Read the novel!
Read the novel!