Filip

As A fan of war films, especially WW2, I sat down and gave this one a go, so glad I did.

This was a great story, always rooting for Filip against the evil Nazi regime.

Good solid film, with an excellent cast who all really dragged you into the movie until the last second.

WW2 movies years ago, there was a long list of really great movies, one after the other, some fiction and some True stories, but lately it's been slightly disappointing, so this hidden gem was a real delight.

It does have subtitles, but that doesn't bother me at all, but if you're not a fan of them. Just try and steer your way through.

Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.

I was totally absorbed watching this movie. It was beautifully produced, very well cast, and kept me guessing. I liked that fact that the moral issues weren't presented as black and white and people on both sides are shown exploiting situations for personal gain or revenge. I've watched dozens of movies about WWII, but none quite like this: none which seemed so real and yet so artistic, so full of surprises and yet so believable, and most of all, one with such a complex central character for whom I felt so much empathy in spite of his moments of cruelty. And I agree with one of the other reviewers that the climax of the movie is tremendous.

I don't usually go for foreign language films but I chose this movie as it had been filmed where I live in Torun, Poland. I'm so glad I decided to see it. It's a very well-made drama set in Frankfurt during WW2. The story focuses on the central character of Filip who is actually a Jewish Pole passing off to be a Frenchman. Despite being a Polish film the language is 80% German with some French and Polish thrown in. I highly recommend this film. It's thought-provoking and also riveting. It was also great to see my beloved Torun up on the big screen. It had been converted very well into 1940s Germany and it looked great.

Unusual angle for a WW2 story with a specific refugee situation I have never seen evoked in a WW2 movie. The Polish young man at the center of this story is a difficult "hero" to like in spite of his obvious plight, because of his brutally hard shell and the death wish at time that seems to motivate his acts against his survival skills. But his moral evolution can be understood well enough, and the unknowns in his trajectory can be easily imagined. Meanwhile life in the Stuttgart hotel where he works in 1943 as a presumed French waiter is a microcosm of what happens to Germany as despair, decay, food scarcity, army defeats and survival needs vs morality sketch the end in sight for the crumbling nazi empire. I liked how the movie mixed German, Polish, French, Italian and (maybe?) yiddish dialogues seamlessly. Subtitles in my eyes are not a problem but an enhancement to a story like that. It is a story of survival in a foreign land under brutal circumstances: varied languages are a necessary part of the hostile landscape. The actor who plays the main role is perfect in his ability to charm and scare at the same time.

Am rating this a 6/10 simply for the good cinematography.

If the idea is to show a lothario type character who go around seducing women but can't come to terms with the comparatively lucky position he is in compared to his fellow persecuted Jews, then the director simply got to find a good looking guy to make it believable!

Having women fawn over the odd weasel-ey looking bloke playing the main character is just silly-laughable. I guffawed quite a lot throughout with all these actresses having to pretend he's a sexy good looking hunk when he's totally not! Haha!!

Totally ruined the whole movie which in my mind is just a way to throw away some million$ to make a Naked Gun running gag. 😂