1996 Academy Aard nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl leads an international all-star cast including Charles Dance and Elina Lowensoln in this powerful story of a man tryin gto hold his family together in a world uncontrollably coming apart. Inside the walls of the famous Warsaw ghetto of 1943, amidst the methodic cruelty of the occupying Germans - andgrowing rumors of revolt - Rabbi Adam Heller (Mueller-Stahl) works to maintain calm within his cummunity while wrestling with his own sense of growing despair. But the sudden and angry reappearance of his son and a miraculous chance at survival for his daughter leads Heller to confront the ulitmate crisis of faith - and his one final shot at redemption - in this moving story from acclaimed screenwriter Rod Sterling.
M**N
grim flowers of despair
"Lord send me tears", the Rabbi cries in despair in one scene.And he has many reasons. Trying to be a bastion of hope to his doomed flock. People dying around him. Others diseaparing onto trains to the camps never to be heard from again. His daughter is raped by an SS officer. His son returns from the dead a demonOddly enough, he gets his tears and from a most unlikely sourceHolocaust films are by nature not happy since the genre is that of death and despair. Yet this film does give us hope in the end.
P**G
Poor acting, poor dialogue. Donโt bother.
I idid not like this show. But I was able to follow it. I donโt know who is writing the screen play for this but I think it is for the young folks who do not know what quality is. I never felt a thing for these Jewish people, I did not care. What a shame as I have been searching for quality stories of the Holocaust and what the Jews went through. This is not one of them.
M**R
Good movie, but I've seen others that were better
Good movie, but I've seen others that were better. Of course, that depends on what you want learn about the holocaust.
E**N
Worth Watching!
Great Story written by Rod Serling,great Playhouse 90 finale,great movie,Colonels played respectively by George Macready in "90",the gret Charles Dance in film
J**
great rare find
I received this as a Christmas gift and am so looking forward to seeing again. It is incredibly sad but so moving and the performances are phenominal.
D**E
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
good movie, worked well
T**E
Five Stars
Great Job, no problem with these people.
A**R
Five Stars
AWESOME!!!
N**T
Story is sketchy.
Interesting.
B**
Three Stars
not a movie you'll really remember but worth a watch.
A**T
Tha reason i bought it is that i play in ...
Tha reason i bought it is that i play in this movies and want it to see if my scene where in it and yes it's in it !!
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