Generation War

Name: Generation War
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: January 15, 2014
Duration: 270 min
Rating: 57

2014

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Music Box Films | Release Date: January 15, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: In Berlin in 1941, on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, level-headed officer Wilhelm (Volker Bruch) is full of patriotic fervor as he heads for the eastern front with his sensitive younger brother Friedhelm (Tom Schilling). Charlotte (Miriam Stein) is a young nurse in love with Wilhelm who is serving in the Red Cross. GretaIn Berlin in 1941, on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, level-headed officer Wilhelm (Volker Bruch) is full of patriotic fervor as he heads for the eastern front with his sensitive younger brother Friedhelm (Tom Schilling). Charlotte (Miriam Stein) is a young nurse in love with Wilhelm who is serving in the Red Cross. Greta (Katherina Schüttler) is an ambitious singer who longs to become another Marlene Dietrich, while her boyfriend Viktor (Ludwig Trepte) faces a daily struggle for survival as a Jew in an increasingly oppressive regime. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, History, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 270 min

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Ella Taylor

Jan 16, 2014

Generation War holds the line admirably in showing how totalitarianism corrupts almost everything in its path, individual responsibility included, and creates an appalling space where sadists and conformists alike can flourish and break every rule of war at will. Read full review

Bill Stamets

Jan 23, 2014

Director Philipp Kadelbach crafts a war drama cued to the ethics of the characters. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 13, 2014

The films are highly entertaining and highly disturbing, in the latter case for both the right and the wrong reasons. While admirably delineating moral decay, which eats away at one character like a virus, the movies never really get at the seed of evil. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Jan 23, 2014

While it's an effective memoriam for the well-meaning Germans whose lives were ruined by Hitler's mad dream, the refusal of Generation War to focus on any other sort of German makes it both dramatically and historically suspect. Read full review

Michelle Orange

Jan 16, 2014

Generation War seeks the epic, creating multiple, lavishly realized worlds and moving with confidence between them. What it finds of both history and its individuals is less complete. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jan 17, 2014

The densely plotted Generation War sweeps past implausibilities and offers the can’t-put-it-down qualities of a superior airport novel; its last third is affecting. But a bold confrontation with the past? Not so much. Read full review

David Denby

Jan 27, 2014

While re-creating the vast swing of German forces in and out of Russia, Kadelbach tries to capture the inner turmoil of two men. Call it half a victory. Read full review

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fussbudget

Jan 20, 2014

I just absolutely love this mini-series and how the story line conveyed was just magnificent! When I heard about Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, I thought it would be like the German version of the Band of Brothers; in the perspective of the German Wehrmacht fighting with their 'band ofI just absolutely love this mini-series and how the story line conveyed was just magnificent! When I heard about Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, I thought it would be like the German version of the Band of Brothers; in the perspective of the German Wehrmacht fighting with their 'band of brothers' in wars like Op. Barbarossa and in France but it was completely something else, something deep. Although it does show some perspective of the war through the Wehrmacht soldiers (just like Maj. Winters, Nixon, etc. in Band of Brothers), this focused on the lives of 5 friends, which 2 of them shares experiences of their life in the 'homefront' and what is happening in Germany itself; not entirely focused on the war effort. I cannot say much without giving too much spoilers (which is all of what I was going to say after this); you just have to watch it. I do not know whether this "Generation War" move is condensed or made shorten, I'm not sure because I don't want to watch it because I've watch the original. But if the critics gave this an average score based on the cut version or condensed version to fit into the theater, they should watch the miniseries.

Btw, Katharina Schüttler's song "Mein kleines Herz" is excellent and very deep and sad! I just had to buy the song after I heard it.… Expand

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Homelesss

Jun 4, 2017

What is war? What is a soldier? What is right and what is wrong? What will you do when your country asks you to kill innocent children and women? The perfect story of five friends who think they will save their country from a great war, and their psychology in the war.