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FinFan says...
7 years ago
The real highlight is the cinematography. The story itself, while not uninteresting, is kind of a typical romance-that-should-not-be wrapped around events that are to be described as histrocial fiction.
Worth watching but nothing extraordinary.
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lezelmaz says...
2 years ago
Plummer per usual get plaudits—he deserves them, per usual. And yet the story is such drivel. I'm only disappointed Plummer agreed to take on the role.

Alan Judd's novel, "The Kaiser's Last Kiss" (2015) might be an intriguing and worthy read. However David Leveaux's film adaption white washes despicable characters and events, dumbs down the love interest, while merely signaling at their internal struggles and era of turmoil.
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faithful soul says...
5 years ago
There have been hundreds of war films made over the years, many of them serviceable but unremarkable. This, unfortunately, is no exception to the glut of films before it, but it still well made, with good performances from all.
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jimgysin says...
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7 years ago
Plummer is superb as the kaiser. McTeer and Daniels are terrific as his wife and adjutant, respectively. James is very good as the maid/spy. The weak link is Courtney as Brandt, the conflicted German officer. His performance isn't particularly impressive and his character starts out in such a deep moral hole that it takes forever to begin to build up any sympathy for him, and even then it's an ambivalent sympathy, at best. I'm a huge fan of the era from a fiction point of view and this is a solid entry overall, and only a casting decision and a couple of scenes keep it from becoming a permanent addition to my library.
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