This film has everything that is mostly missing from films in 2023: a great storyline, a great cast of characters, excellent writing, great attention to detail, nerve wracking tension worthy of the best thrillers, powerful editing, great love stories, deep tragedy, and espionage in the top tiers of government. It nods to and deepens such powerful and iconic Oscar winners as Cabaret, Schindler's List, the Third Man, and even the escape scene in the Sound of Music. What's the catch? It's all real! It all happened. The characters and their struggles, as we learn especially from their letters to loved ones, are deeply resonant and poignantly alive. The contrast between the newfound freedom of their lives in the first act, and their utter losses by the climax, is stark like few other narrative films recently, certainly unlike any film on Netflix. Even those who know the story of the Nazi terrors will be effected deeply by this film. And of course it shouts volumes about our current times. With a fast pace, never before scene film shots, historic recreations, and ironic contrasts, this is my favorite film of the past few years - a must-see instant classic.
