A Forgotten Man

Name: A Forgotten Man
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Released: April 12, 2024
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Cléa Eden, Manuela Biedermann, Margherita Schoch, Michael Neuenschwander, Peter Wyssbrod

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Sovereign Film Distribution | Release Date: April 12, 2024 | R

Starring: Cléa Eden, Manuela Biedermann, Margherita Schoch, Michael Neuenschwander, Peter Wyssbrod, Sabine Timoteo, Simon Romang, Victor Poltier, Yann Philipona, Yves Raeber

Summary: In the spring of 1945 as Nazi Germany collapses, Swiss ambassador Heinrich Zwygart flees bombed-out Berlin after serving eight years in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a dreadful mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country. For Switzerland to end on the winningIn the spring of 1945 as Nazi Germany collapses, Swiss ambassador Heinrich Zwygart flees bombed-out Berlin after serving eight years in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a dreadful mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country. For Switzerland to end on the winning side after the war, someone will have to pay. Haunted by his past, struggling to secure a future, but driven by his ambition Zwygart feels the trap closing in on him. He made it through the war, but will he survive peace?… Expand

Director: Laurent Nègre

Genre(s): Drama, History, Thriller, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 85 min

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Sumner Forbes

Apr 11, 2024

The film’s most tremendous success is its willingness to address difficult questions about Switzerland’s past. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 11, 2024

A Forgotten Man still makes for a most watchable account of a country that may have “gotten it from both sides” during the war, which acted out of self-preservation and self-interst, but which got an undeserved pass for its selective, opportunistic views of “neutrality.” Read full review

David Hughes

Apr 11, 2024

Nègre is free to fictionalise the story any way he wants. The times, however, arguably call for a more clear-eyed examination of the dangers of turning a blind eye to the less palatable actions of ostensibly friendly nations. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Apr 11, 2024

This is a watchable, if somewhat stagey film, and these jump-scare visions, leaping out of the ambassador’s tormented subconscious, might have worked better in the theatre. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Apr 11, 2024

A handsome period piece, shot in striking black and white, A Forgotten Man tackles an intriguing theme, but it’s a little too airless and inert in approach to bring this murky corner of European history to life. Read full review

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