"Die Akte General" is a German(-language) movie from February this year (2016) and it is a small screen release that came out a while later after the theatrical big-screen release that was also about German public prosecutor Frotz Bauer who became famous because of his involvement in the Eichmann arrest and his hunt for former Nazi war criminals about half a century ago. While Burghart Klaußner plays Bauer in the other film, the main role is portrayed in here by Ulrich Noethen, another fairly successful and famous German actor with an really good body of work. I would not say he was as good as Klaußner, but then again I am definitely a bit biased as I am a huge Klaußner fan. But Noethen was solid too. What I can say from a fairly neutral perspective, however, is my statement on the biggest supporting players and lets be honest here: Ronald Zehrfeld is miles ahead of David Kross. Then again, I have never been impressed by Kross from what I saw and I am completely confused why people have tried for so long to make him the next big thing from Germany. He is mediocre or weak in everything he stars in, including "The Reader", and never gives a memorable performance.
Now back this movie here. It runs for 1.5 hours approximately and was directed by Stephan Wagner, one of Germany's finest small screen filmmakers these days maybe. The screenplay comes from Alex Buresch and looking at his career in recent years, he is on the rise too. I already vaguely described who Fritz Bauer was, so i will not go much more into detail here. It is a film that is basically all about the political context and also about the person Bauer himself, even if it is impossible to separate these two really. It's probably pretty easy for you to decide if you wanna give this one a chance. If you like politically-centered movies, then I recommend the watch. There may be so many movies about Nazi Germany, but there actually aren't that many about the years after 1945 (or the 1950s and 1960s) when Germans tried to come to terms with what happened in the previous decades. The subject here is just too interesting for my taste to not recommend the film and I also think Noethen carried it nicely with his performance. It may not be as showy and spectacular as the big screen release and also not as good, but I believe "Die Akte General" is worth checking out. Thumbs up!
Now back this movie here. It runs for 1.5 hours approximately and was directed by Stephan Wagner, one of Germany's finest small screen filmmakers these days maybe. The screenplay comes from Alex Buresch and looking at his career in recent years, he is on the rise too. I already vaguely described who Fritz Bauer was, so i will not go much more into detail here. It is a film that is basically all about the political context and also about the person Bauer himself, even if it is impossible to separate these two really. It's probably pretty easy for you to decide if you wanna give this one a chance. If you like politically-centered movies, then I recommend the watch. There may be so many movies about Nazi Germany, but there actually aren't that many about the years after 1945 (or the 1950s and 1960s) when Germans tried to come to terms with what happened in the previous decades. The subject here is just too interesting for my taste to not recommend the film and I also think Noethen carried it nicely with his performance. It may not be as showy and spectacular as the big screen release and also not as good, but I believe "Die Akte General" is worth checking out. Thumbs up!
