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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe film has its flaws in storytelling due to the unwieldy size of its narrative but strong performances and an unwavering observation of inhumanity on all sides make Habermann a provocative film.
- 63Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSlant MagazineJesse CataldoHabermann may not be a pragmatic classic of the "Army of Shadows" mold, but it falls within the upper-mid bracket of WWII movies because it doesn't attempt to understand or define the tragedy it approaches.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceA World War II melodrama with a hook - affluent Germans as sympathetic victims - Habermann does a credible job of personalizing a period of the war largely unknown outside the Czech Republic.
- 20Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerBased on a true story that culminated with the expulsion of 3 million Germans from Czechoslovakia, the film leaps through years with a rapidity that negates a good deal of its sweep.