Ghetto (2006)

Load of rubbish!!

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

from a group life. from sketches of escape. from a time. or, only, as skin of a baby cry. it is a Shoah page but in special manner. because the innocence and guilty are not Manichean toys. because the subject is science to survive. not only for Jews. it is a film about art. but , in same time, it is testimony of fall. and the real virtue is minimalist stile. a ghetto, a spoiled young German officer, a governor of community, a beautiful woman , a puppeteer and his special puppet. and a theater, rumors of war and need to control situation. it is not Schindler list. because it is better. it is not a picture of a great crime. only story about people in crisis time.it may be a poem. but last scene is more important to be literature. it is a momento. or only mirror. for lost time. for present time.

A different and unusual take on the holocaust. "Ghetto" is almost a dark comedy-musical, if you had to put it into a category ( if such a category exists...) I don't think it's fair to compare it to "The Pianist" or "Schindler's List", because this film really does it's own thing. Not everyone's cup of tea, but then I wouldn't really consider this a mainstream film. There were elements which really brought Yiddish theater to mind, in a clumsily beautiful and poignant way. I was appropriately entertained, moved and depressed, so I enjoyed this movie very much, but again, not everyone would want a movie to elicit that combination of emotions. There were some very beautiful scenes, in terms of cinematography, and despite some distracting, less than natural lip-synching, I found the music really beautiful. This film is worth watching, as long as you do so with an open mind and an appreciation for originality.

I saw this movie in Mexico City, of all places, on Cinemax. At first I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I think that's why I liked it so much. You were never sure who to trust; who was good and who was bad (though, obviously, the Nazis were easy to categorize as the bad guys). The movie is really about Gens and the position he is in between the Nazis and the Jews. It really isn't clear whether he does the right thing; indeed, it isn't clear that there IS a right thing to do. In this way I thought the movie was more three-dimensional than "The Pianist," in which we know that our hero is an innocent victim. Here, Gens could be an innocent victim or he could be a ruthless opportunist. Or he could be both. In my opinion, that is what makes a character interesting. What impressed me the most about this movie, however, was the music. Please, if anyone could find a soundtrack for it, let me know. It was a great combination of opera, swing, and tango, and captured the passion and drama of the times. While it could be argued that "The Pianist" was, in Adrian Brody's own words, about how a man's love of music saved him during horrible times, that movie had almost NO music at all. This movie is a much better illustration of the theme of music and art being mankind's salvation.To me, a good movie is one that makes me think, one that rattles around in my head long after it ends. This movie passes the test, as I've been thinking of it on and off for several days. Yes, it is an odd blend of humor, drama, and horror, but I thought its uniqueness and depth made it a great film.

I think the movie had to much singing in it. It's about a woman (a Jew) who steals the heart of a Nazi army officer and due to her beautiful voice, which gives him great amusement, she saves innocent lives including hers. I thought Ghetto would be like Schindlers list or even more the Pianist . This movie never even came close to the movies mentioned above. If you like opera in different way you would probably like this movie. Well, I did not and had to push my self to the limit to see it to the end. Some parts of the movie were pretty intense and cruel, nevertheless there was to much singing in Ghetto to get my attention.