The Tower

Name: The Tower
Genre: Drama
Released: November 7, 2014
Rating: 61

2014

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Music Box Films | Release Date: November 7, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Respected senior surgeon Richard Hoffmann, his wife Anne, and their teenage son Christian live in suburban Dresden in 1982 when the cracks in the repressive police state’s façade are beginning to surface. Despite the restrictions, the educated few still enjoy some advantages under the system. The Hoffmans gather often with family andRespected senior surgeon Richard Hoffmann, his wife Anne, and their teenage son Christian live in suburban Dresden in 1982 when the cracks in the repressive police state’s façade are beginning to surface. Despite the restrictions, the educated few still enjoy some advantages under the system. The Hoffmans gather often with family and friends for warm dinner parties rich with derisive political banter, live classical music, and spirited discussions, holding out for a better future. But even as Richard has high hopes and strict demands for studious Christian, he hides a passionate double life and shocking secrets that come back to haunt him. Against this tense climate of fear and mistrust, with the secret police lurking ominously in the background, choices are made and actions taken that have devastating repercussions. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Director: Christian Schwochow

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

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Ty Burr

Jan 19, 2017

It’s not a gimmick if it works, and “Tower” works unnervingly well. The film is essentially an oral history, with firsthand accounts from those who were there — survivors, responders, and onlookers — with their words read by younger actors. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Nov 7, 2014

At its best, The Tower shows what life felt like to those who lived at that singular time, to those who dozed "pitifully and apathetically" in an unchanging political system before the rules changed, seemingly overnight. Read full review

Wes Greene

Nov 3, 2014

As the psychology of the characters hardly connects with their distinctive milieu, the film merely suggests a conventional family drama littered with empty pot-shots at governmental authority. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Nov 6, 2014

In its stunted theatrical version, the second half is a sketchy digest of events that leaves you feeling cheated. Read full review

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