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The Unknown Soldier
Directed by
Michael Verhoeven
Not Rated
2006
1h 37m
History
,
Documentary
7.4
60%
80%
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The popular reaction to a German museum exhibit detailing the war crimes and atrocities committed by Nazi Germany's regular armed forces is explored.
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Where to Watch The Unknown Soldier
Kanopy
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Cast of The Unknown Soldier
Hannes Heer
Self
Jan Philipp Reemtsma
Self
Charlotte Knobloch
Self
Ralph Giordano
Self
Oskar Negt
Self
Klaus von Dohnanyi
Self
Christian Ude
Self
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Self
Klaus Wowereit
Self
Petra Pau
Self
Michael Verhoeven
Director / Writer / Producer
Ernst Ludwig Ganzert
Producer
The Unknown Soldier Ratings & Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
Once the film gets mired in specifics, it begins to seem like any other Holocaust documentary and loses the sense of relevance and engagement with the now that at first makes it so intriguing.
Village Voice
Julia Wallace
The film eventually becomes one long therapy session for the German nation as it struggles to understand how its brave and good soldiers could have done such bad, bad things.
Film Threat
Phil Hall
It is a painful but important subject, to be certain, but the film dilutes its own effectiveness by devolving into a collection of talking heads who often seem to be repeating each other.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Is such footage appropriate to the big-screen environment of the cinema?
TV Guide
Ken Fox
German director Michael Verhoeven returns to his country's Nazi past with this searing documentary about the aftershocks of a controversial museum exhibition that rattled the conscience of a nation.
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
Structurally, the film itself is a pristine example of levelheaded journalism.
Filmcritic.com
Paul Brenner
Much too much weight for a 97-minute film to bear.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
As Verhoeven's film makes clear, many thousands of surviving German veterans, along with a disturbing quotient of their children and grandchildren, are much too eager to make excuses.
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
Even if you've watched archival evidence of the Holocaust before, anyone with a soul and a functioning conscience intact ought to brace yourself to be sickened afresh by this nauseating, if necessary, reminder of man's inhumanity to man. Never again!
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
Another apt title for Michael Verhoeven's new film could be It's All True.
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