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  • Four Hands (2017)
    Review preview for Four Hands

    It's rare to see this approach taken in cinema, humanity finding a way in where there would ordinarily be panic, horror and destruction.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When two sisters witness a brutal crime as children, one becomes obsessed with protecting the other.
  • Hannah Arendt (2012)
    Review preview for Hannah Arendt

    A good decision von Trotta makes, is to use the actual footage of the trial and not have an actor play Adolf Eichmann.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Dramatisation of the life of Hannah Arendt, who reported on the war crimes trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann for The New Yorker.
  • Labyrinth Of Lies (2014)
    Review preview for Labyrinth Of Lies

    Labyrinth Of Lies is an interesting document of a very important piece of national history, but it fails to make it engaging.

    Luke Shaw · 2.5 out of 5
    An idealistic attorney in post-war Germany faces public hostility as he tries to prosecute former members of the SS.
  • The Reader (2008)
    Review preview for The Reader

    Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A law student re-encounters an old lover as she faces a war-crimes trial.

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