Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson are the married couple who spread wartime subversion in this decently-intended adaptation of Hans Fallada’s novelIn 2009 a modern English-language translation of Hans Fallada’s 1947 novel approximately small-scale,low-key resistance to the Nazi regime in wartime Berlin turned into an unexpected commercial success. And so here we possess, inevitably, and a handsome if not unduly demanding big-screen adaptation,directed by Vincent Pérez (still best known as an actor, although this is his third feature credit as director), and starring Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson as the Quangels,the dour, dejected couple who channel their misery at the death of their son into their small acts of subversion. Related: Letters: Alone in Berlin is morally compromised Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com