Der Grenzer und das Mädchen (2005 TV Movie) User Reviews

well done movie, that doesn't surprises you

[ft-5 · 7/10 · 27 April 2005]

this is one of those new German movies, you shouldn't see if you're expecting really great. but they're mostly well done, have a good camera work and stuff. i really adore axel prahl (who's the male main character) and never the less i think the story is a bit simple. This movie is about the problems of frontiers. but instead of reflecting their artificialness (like the marvelous 'Lichter' did) it deals with borders as a moral/immoral construct. and even adds a love story to tell us this story. Don't get me wrong this is a nice movie to watch it on the telly but sure not one that'll keeps you busy for a while. and what disappoints me more is it misses a opportunity to destroy the prejudice of the 'east' who's completely lacks development and where wild gangs fight unhampered by law .

Well done for a tv production

[blumdeluxe · 7/10 · 5 January 2020]

"Der Grenzer und das Mädchen" tells the story of a German border policeman, whose life is turned upside down when he meets a Ukrainian girl smuggling people inside the European Union and falls in love with her.

The movie is well done for a tv production. The relationships depicted appear realistic and show a lot of depth. Something about the way it is produced though carries the typical style of a German tv production, perhaps lacking the last depiction of desperation and emotionality to make it even more outstanding. Nonetheless this deals with an important issue of current politics wrapped within personal situtations that seem fully understandable. A task not every film would master like this one.

All in all this is a film that many people should givw a watch, even if I doubt that everybody will understand and accept its message.