Although it's a really long movie (more than three hours) you never get really bored. For that the story is interesting enough to keep your attention. The cinematography and acting are good as well. Sebastian Koch is definitely one of the better German actors, but the rest of the cast did also a good job. There is some disappointment though, at least for me, with an ending that I thought should have been better. But since it's a biography I guess they couldn't make it a better looking end, still to me it was not the outcome I hoped for after watching it for three hours. That's the only reason I score it lower, for the rest it's a good movie.