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[Eleena]

Can recommend this, nice film! On at 6.30pm.

[Eleena]

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[losgigs]

Nice is not the word I'd use to describe what happened under the Nazi regime, but it is a very good film and well worth watching. Also hoping to catch The Imitation Game on afterwards at 9pm as missed it when it came out.

[Eleena]

Yes agree, swap nice for good!

[losgigs]

Hope you enjoyed watching it again, Eleena. Makes a change to have something decent to watch on a Saturday night! :)

[Peter Pedant]

I found this film pretty terrible TBH
a few reviews on imdb are in agreement

I suppose the difficulty is that I knew more than the kids in the film
( My father was involuntarily in Germany 1940-5 post Dunkirk)
So I dont need to learn about wartime Germany from a childs pt of view. So a cute girl saying to a Jew " eef you are farry goot - you will nart go to concentration camp" is just stupid. ( "yes I will" he says - because it is necessary to show these things are not voluntary)
Dad intervening in arrest of a Jew was suicidal - and dangerous for the family. - the blackout was crip - shouting I hate Hitler
the whole thing was incredible

do the imitation game

[fiction-factory]

Sorry, off track a bit here but i wanted to catch PP's attention- I wondered if Peter Pedant had seen these History threads as he is very knowledgeable about so many things and may be able to help this guy who is asking a lot of fascinating questions but getting very little feedback
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/brian-ghilliotti/

[maggiebee]

Didn't watch the film but loved the book.

[rosyposy]

I too loved the book maggiebee, one of my favourites in a sad sort of way. Cried buckets when I finished it.The film was good but nowhere near as good as the book.