Fatherland (1994)
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
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Very best movie i ever watch
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Please, read the book before you watch this movie! Thank me later!
Rutger Hauers Police station is built of glass and concrete, an architectural style Hitler hated. "Das Beatles' poster on the wall obviously to try to allude to a certain decade, the 1960's but again, this sort of music would have been deemed degenerate...and the four Liverpool mop tops would have probably been enlisted by then. Overall, what could have been a decent film that matched the books content etc ended up looking like it had been made by three different directors. Finally, the Grand idea of a new Berlin and Germania just does not come across in the lazy production values. So, what could have come across as a really interesting and scary alternative future for Europe and the USA falls flat on its face I fear.
This is the worst movie I have ever seen! What were you people thinking? What a stupid stupid idea and what a stupid movie. What a waste of time. This movie got 2 awards? Amazing! I would be to ashamed to make a movie like this one. But again, this is ME a guy with a class. What would have happened if Hitler..... yes really, what would have happened???? Who wrote this story? 14 or 15 year old kid or maybe someone with a mental disorder? I am not sure! The whole idea is wrong and really stupid. That's the best I can say without being more "descriptive" using our nice plain English. The best that you guys can do would be to take this movie off your list and pretend that it never existed....
Rutger Hauer and Miranda Richardson were very good in the lead roles but at the same time I don't think that they had great chemistry which is a letdown. Richardson's accent seemed to fluctuate a bit before settling down about half way through the film. Michael Kitchen was wasted in a small-ish role but he was as good as ever. Jean Marsh's performance, little more than a cameo, was chilling.One major flaw with the movie is that it didn't utilise the very talented actors that it assembled to maximum effect, two other notable examples being Peter Vaughan and John Shrapnel. Plus I had a hard time accepting Hauer as the good guy at first since I'd never seen him play one before. Anyway, it isn't a patch on the book but, all in all, I really enjoyed it.