The Devil and Ms. D

Bernd Eichinger is the most popular and successful movie producer in Germany, and this movie features also the still most popular german actor, Til Schweiger.

The script seems to be a little like a Duerrenmatt book. But not one of the thrillers, more these typical german, overly intellectual and philosophical stories. You are nearly always a little bored by it and in the end you are just wondering what it wanted to tell you.

I've simply no idea what this one is good for. The acting of Til is of course very well, but the story leads just nowhere. There is some slapstick in it, but this movie isn't a funny one. Instead, it's very dark. But its also not really melancholic, or such. Its just dangerous in some way.

Maybe this movie would be excellent for people which like the described kind of books but I like neither these books nor this movie.

I enjoyed this highly inventive story of odyssey and love. The Devil goes to a psychiatrist and falls in love with her. The odyssey is mostly about convincing the psychiatrist that he is serious and not crazy. A sub-story about a legendary opera singer provides a philosophical background that reminded me of the bookishness of the writer L. Borges. It also sets up an unforgettable scene. Deadpan, foreboding, European pacing.

This film is about middle aged women's inner seach. The lyrics from the mouth of Callas sang them all. I first resented the way she recreated herself by outlooking or sex. However, I was wrong. She failed by them. Instead of fantacy that seemed stupid, she finally ran out from the boundary of her own and found the eternal value in love, and belief of love.

This one sucks a lot. Bad Acting, bad script, bad lighting... almost anything on this movie was bad. Never been a fan of Til Schweiger and his works, but this one is really his worst performance I have ever seen. He just don`t get it. A total disaster. The only positive thing worth to mention about this movie is the cameo of Detlev Buck and nothing else. > .

Til Schweiger's acting is so excellent that his facial expression alone is often able to bring out the intensity of the plot. How come this wonderful actor is relatively unknown at the other side of the Atlantic? Instead of telling a story a la Hollywood, the director takes advantage of film-making and let music and images speak for themselves. This movie makes me wanna do two things---collect all Callas' recordings and learn German.