Review by Peter BelsitoThe film is a deeply felt yet unsentimental, often wry look at a group of Jewish friends — all Nazi-era survivors — who, in 1946 Frankfurt, unite to sell high-end linens to raise the funds to emigrate to America. Not your typical Holocaust-inspired drama.
These clever door-to-door peddlers, led by David Bermann (a superb Moritz Bleibtreu), whose family’s once-thriving linen store was seized by the Nazis and now stands in ruins provide an interesting context in which the filmmakers build an interesting deeply felt story.
David is suspected of collaboration with the Nazis and is questioned by tough, cold and very attractive American Army investigator, Sara (Antje Traue), who suggeststhat David, whose parents and brothers perished at Auschwitz, may have been working with the Nazis.
These interrogation sessions give way to flashbacks of how the jokey David, while imprisoned in a concentration camp, was plucked by its loathsome...
These clever door-to-door peddlers, led by David Bermann (a superb Moritz Bleibtreu), whose family’s once-thriving linen store was seized by the Nazis and now stands in ruins provide an interesting context in which the filmmakers build an interesting deeply felt story.
David is suspected of collaboration with the Nazis and is questioned by tough, cold and very attractive American Army investigator, Sara (Antje Traue), who suggeststhat David, whose parents and brothers perished at Auschwitz, may have been working with the Nazis.
These interrogation sessions give way to flashbacks of how the jokey David, while imprisoned in a concentration camp, was plucked by its loathsome...
- 4/25/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The first batch of Dlc fighters for Mortal Kombat have been revealed, according to an interview with producer Hans Lo. In an interview with Cvg, producer Hans Lo revealed that fighters Kensi and Scarlet would be the first Dlc additions to Mortal Kombat. Kenshi first appeared in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance as a blind warrior using both his katana and telekinesis to win over fans. Scarlet is a female ninja based on a glitch from the Mortal Kombat II arcade cabinet. "There was a glitch in one of the old arcade machines that caused the Jade/Katana/Milena female ninja to glitch and turn (more)...
- 3/28/2011
- by By Scott Nichols
- Digital Spy
If NetherRealm Studios has its way, the only two words left in your vocabulary will be "Mortal Kombat" by the time the back-to-basics ninth game in the series arrives on April 19. Marketing for the game has picked up its pace in the past week, with new trailers focusing on bonus character Kratos and tag team fighting. Today's news is actually two-pronged. On the one hand, there's confirmation of which fighters will be added in the game's first Dlc pack. And on the other, a rumored full fighter roster based on an apparently leaked screenshot of the character select screen.
First, the Dlc. NetherRealm producer Hans Lo revealed the details in an interview with Cvg. In addition to Kenshi, the blind swordsman who first appeared in "Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance," there will also be a totally new character added to the roster: Scarlet.
The red ninja-ess is based on a...
First, the Dlc. NetherRealm producer Hans Lo revealed the details in an interview with Cvg. In addition to Kenshi, the blind swordsman who first appeared in "Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance," there will also be a totally new character added to the roster: Scarlet.
The red ninja-ess is based on a...
- 3/28/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Multiplayer
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