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A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE HOLOCAUST! (Rating: 1.00) Review : No viewer of this drab, offensive film should imagine that it is an accurate account of the exploits of one of the great heros of World War II. Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat and businessman, undertook in 1944 to thwart Hitler and Adolph Eichmann in their plan to kill the remaining Jews of Budapest. He saved some 30,000 from death in the concentration camps. "By contemporary accounts, the real Raoul Wallenberg was a forceful, decisive, clever, and handsome man who saved lives by diplomatic and other means. In addition to issuing Swedish passports and other papers to those at risk in wartime Budapest, he employed intrigue, confrontation, and bribes. He also supported soup kitchens, houses, and hospitals that helped Jews survive. He had great spiritual strength. "But in the movie, Wallenberg is an anti-hero--brooding, ineffectual, almost trivial--frequently standing by helplessly while Jews are slaughtered. In addition, the film is dark and hard to follow, with jerky, abrupt transition between scenes and sometimes inexplicable flashbacks. "There are many books in print describing Wallenberg's heroism. I Werbell and Thurston Clarke. ("Mystery" refers to the fact that the Soviets took Wallenberg prisoner at war's end. He disappeared into their prison system and is presumed dead.)" Bad quality and weak (Rating: 1.00) Review : I purchased this video because of others recomendations however I regret having wasted my money. The quality is bad, the script is weak and the entire moving was boring. Profoundly realistic and Un-Hollywood -like. (Rating: 5.00) Review : Having walked those streets and stayed in those types of builings recently - this movie made me think about what life was like in Budapest during those times. Schindler's list was a great movie but Wallenberg has somehow been missed by Hollywood so what we have here is a very good and unsensationalized account of a true hero. The whole story was gripping. I consider myself a student of history and truly appreciate this form realistic film making. BETTER THAN SCHINDLER'S LIST (Rating: 5.00) Review : I disagree with the previous reviewers. This movie was far better than Schlinder's List. For me it was more emotionally moving than Spielberg's List. In fact as far as I am concerned it makes Spielberg look like an amature. I also think Spielberg may have stolen the little girl's red coat idea from this movie. After seeing this movie I was so turned on that I checked out 2 biographies of Wallenberg from the library. The movie was very faithful to the biographies. an ACCURATE view of the holocaust (Rating: 5.00) Review : Ignore the following review. I almost didn't buy this movie because of those horrid comments. But my intuition told me that I still should, and I am glad that I did. Raoul Wallenberg was NOT brooding and ineffectual in this movie, but rather was a heroic, caring, motivated man who did all he could to help many of the Jews of the Budapest ghetto. His character in this movie can easily be compared to that of Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List. I did NOT notice any significantly inexplicable flashbacks, abrupt transitions or dark picture that the following reviewer complained about. I agree with the last reviewer that this movie is not as emotional as Schindler's List, and certainly is not quite as well-done, but is still among the best holocaust movies that I've seen. |
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