Remember how much pain you were in after watching Brokeback Mountain? Well with this one it's going to feel 100x worse.
In my opinion everyone should consider watching this movie. To my knowledge it is the first movie (not documentary) about how lgbt people were treated in Nazi and post-war Germany. And so in a way it's a bit of an educational movie for people who are unaware about those parts of history. The acting is pretty good and perfectly communicates tentative intimacy and affection in such a harsh environment. I hope the leading stars get to act in more movies.
In the screenings I attended there was no one under the age of 35 and my same-age peers expressed they did not want to see it because it sounded too miserable. I will not lie, it is miserable until the very end. But I believe it depicts a very important and part of lgbt history where the brutality should not be downplayed.
In my opinion everyone should consider watching this movie. To my knowledge it is the first movie (not documentary) about how lgbt people were treated in Nazi and post-war Germany. And so in a way it's a bit of an educational movie for people who are unaware about those parts of history. The acting is pretty good and perfectly communicates tentative intimacy and affection in such a harsh environment. I hope the leading stars get to act in more movies.
In the screenings I attended there was no one under the age of 35 and my same-age peers expressed they did not want to see it because it sounded too miserable. I will not lie, it is miserable until the very end. But I believe it depicts a very important and part of lgbt history where the brutality should not be downplayed.