Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull

Oh, I almost forgot what excellent book the 'Confessions of Felix Krull' by Thomas Mann is. And with this film we are dealing with a congenial implementation. A pleasure from A to Z.

An extraordinary story and movie. How wonderful to come across a film that jumps right out of the box with nothing for me to compare it to. I'm sure it's similar to something but this is a fascinating story that takes you all over the place and leaves you feeling quite amazed that it all worked out, in the end. I was SO sure it wouldn't!

Touching, very clever, loved the professor and his meaning of life so much, like every single actor - how RARE is that!

Well made and well executed, this looked good and carried itself like a breeze.

All the reviews raved and I was totally disbelieving. It's good. I recommend it.

A chain of precious virtues. The first, the remind of a seductive novel by Thomas Mann, so different , amusing, provocative, honest at whole. Second, the atmosphere . And the fine craft about reducement of book at essential traits. Not less, the inspired option for Jannes Niewohner for the role of Felix. Sweetness of love story represents a good point, to. And the beautiful performance of Maria Furtwangler.

At the final, delightful sounds just fair. Not for a memorable version, not for high virtues but for pleasant return to normal, the purpose to not impress or serve forms of political correctness being a motif for be profound grateful to Detlev Buck.

Touching and gripping story, tragic, sad and sometimes funny. Great actors. And yes, the lead character being quite handsome definitely added to it too.

I haven't read the book but this movie made me curious about it. It must be good. Especially towards the end with the professor there were some really beautiful lines of dialogue.

Successful new adaptation of the well-known classic by Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann!

Directed by Detlev Buck and based on the script by Daniel Kehlmann, a clever version was created that focuses more on the dark side of the Belle Epoque around 1900. The charming young man Felix Krull (Jannis Niewöhner) is shown here more as an active part in an exploitation chain. At the Grand Hotel in Paris, Krull, who is hired as a lift boy, gets into all sorts of erotic entanglements, and not just because of his good looks. Rather, he is literally forced to do so by a superior head waiter (delightfully nasty: Nicholas Ofczarek), who has become an attic pimp. Rich hotel guests like the sophisticated Madame Houpfle (Maria Furtwängler) know how to exploit this for their private pleasures. A showpiece role for the power-conscious ex-wife of the German publisher Burda, who can give an exaggerated Belle Epoque version of herself here! Of course, Felix also knows how to use his own marketability profitably and brings his great love Zaza (Liv Lisa Fries) together with a rich marquis (David Kross)...

This is an excellent idea to spice up the well-known material for a new film in such a way that reference is made to the omnipresent marketability and prostitution in the Belle Epoque. That was the dark side of that time: dispossessed servants also had to be available for the erotic needs of the rich people. This was generally expected, but took place as secretly as possible. Felix in the film also has to learn this lesson. But his luck is that he can definitely take advantage of it.

The idea is good, the implementation is a little behind. It could all have been nastier, bolder and more erotic. The three main actors (Niewöhner, Fries, Kross) in particular have an unbridled passion for their roles. The script could have been a little spicier for this outstanding menage a trois! It probably seemed too daring for the makers; they probably didn't want to scare the teachers too much with their advanced German courses.

However, the result is a new film that is worth seeing and uses a clever approach that allows a new look at the time around 1900.