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The Privilege

Original title: Das Privileg
  • TV Movie
  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
6.5K
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Roman Knizka, Milena Tscharntke, Lise Risom Olsen, and Max Schimmelpfennig in The Privilege (2022)
Conspiracy ThrillerDramaHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller

A wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.A wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.A wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.

  • Directors
    • Felix Fuchssteiner
    • Katharina Schöde
  • Writers
    • Sebastian Niemann
    • Eckhard Vollmar
    • Katharina Schöde
  • Stars
    • Max Schimmelpfennig
    • Lea van Acken
    • Tijan Marei
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    6.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Felix Fuchssteiner
      • Katharina Schöde
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Niemann
      • Eckhard Vollmar
      • Katharina Schöde
    • Stars
      • Max Schimmelpfennig
      • Lea van Acken
      • Tijan Marei
    • 101User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Max Schimmelpfennig
    • Finn Bergmann
    Lea van Acken
    Lea van Acken
    • Lena
    Tijan Marei
    Tijan Marei
    • Samira Steinke
    Milena Tscharntke
    Milena Tscharntke
    • Sophie Bergmann
    Lise Risom Olsen
    Lise Risom Olsen
    • Yvonne Bergmann
    Roman Knizka
    Roman Knizka
    • Martin Bergmann
    Nadeshda Brennicke
    Nadeshda Brennicke
    • Dr. Steinke
    Horst Janson
    Horst Janson
    • Grandfather Bergmann
    Leonas Sielaff
    • Finn Bergmann (11 Years)
    Caroline Hartig
    Caroline Hartig
    • Anna Bergmann
    Charlotte Hübner
    • Sophie Bergmann (11 Years)
    Rojan Juan Barani
    • Ramin Rajan
    Maurice Lattke
    • Leander Gerber
    Marita Michaelis
    • Old Woman
    Christof Düro
    • Police Officer
    Mike Hoffmann
    Mike Hoffmann
    • Chief Inspector Gerber
    Oleg Tikhomirov
    • Jiri Novak
    Jeanette Spassova
    • Eliska Novak
    • Directors
      • Felix Fuchssteiner
      • Katharina Schöde
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Niemann
      • Eckhard Vollmar
      • Katharina Schöde
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    User reviews101

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    3Otte1

    Hot mess!

    This is a little tidbit of many horror movies over the past ten years thrown together. Body Snatchers, check. Witch, check. Hereditary, check. Get Out, check. Crazy but maybe not crazy, check. Insidious, check. It tries to be a little of everything and accomplishes little. The ending is so thrown together it appeared the director filmed the last 30 minutes of the movie in one afternoon. Dialogue bad, time-space continuum off(one moment I walked to place in five minutes, next time I am driving half the night to get to same place). And one of those worst security ever movies where people walk right into top-secret places with no problem(I've had more difficulty walking into Costco with no card). Not sure what I watched, but I lost 90 minutes of life.
    5Sleepin_Dragon

    Watchable, not memorable.

    Think of The Faculty, made on the cheap.

    This German film tells the story of a wealthy family, where tragedy seems to strike the youngsters.

    It tries so hard to tick several genre boxes, horror, thriller, sci fi, and therein lies the problem, it dabbles rather than succeeds, if it had provided more by way of scares, it may have worked a lot better.

    There's a lot going on, and it's not without interest, there is a mystery which draws your interest, the revelation may have you scratching your head.

    Some decent special effects, it is well acted, and shows us some beautiful parts of the country, the scenes from the house are fabulous.

    Overall, not terrible, not great, watchable, 5.5/10.
    4leonmorten

    Illogical demon story

    The film starts promisingly. It stars some interesting newcomers who are already known from the successful German series Dark. The look of individual scenes is also good and reminds me of a mixture of Stranger things and dark.

    However, the story starts to lose its thread after a few minutes. Thus, the story loses itself in a crude mixture of horror, black magic and some splatter. But nothing of it really seriously works. As a viewer, I did not experience any creepy feelings or scared at any point.

    For my taste, there were clearly too many logic errors and implausible decisions by the characters. One happy coincidence follows the next.

    Overall, the series seems conceptless and lovelessly designed. The best thing is the cast, even if all actors remain below their potential.
    2jasminn_tan

    What was this

    I'm so sorry but this left me so confused and disappointed. The plot was bad and the execution worse, clearly suffering from bad writing. I shouldn't have wasted my time on this.
    simulox

    BAD, WORSE, WORST...

    I think my title explains it... I dont write reviews often, but I wanted to save others not to lose their time... Don't even bother to know what it is... It is incredibly silly, incredibly dull, incredibly boring... As I am also in cinema industry just watched it to see what they were thinking... You dont do this mistake...

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    • Trivia
      When Finn Bergmann (Max Schimmelpfenning) arives at Eliska's greenhouse, you can see the exact same location used in the serie 'Dark'. In the serie 'Dark' it was property of the character Jürgen Obendorf
    • Goofs
      When doing the metabolic stress test, he is not wearing his limb leads for the ECG. When he is done, she removes the precordial leads, but his ECG is still being displayed as sinus on the monitor.
    • Soundtracks
      Come to Mama
      written by Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell

      performed by Etta James

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    • Release date
      • February 9, 2022 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Netflix Site
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Ayrıcalık
    • Production company
      • Bavaria Fiction
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 47m(107 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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