Resistance
This World War II drama stars Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon, Masters of Sex), and features two Game of Thrones stars, Iwan Rheon and Tom Wlaschiha.
In 1944, the D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies has failed and Europe has not been released from the German forces. The men of an isolated Welsh village disappear and their wives believe that they have joined the resistance and soon German soldiers arrive at the village. The farmer Sarah Lewis and the German Commander Albrecht befriend to each other along the year.
Winner of Best Actress (Sharon Morgan) at the BAFTA Awards (Wales).
"A beautiful, elliptical war film with the haunting qualities of a ghost story. Riseborough is terrific and Gupta proves that he's a talent to watch." - Nev Pierce, Empire Magazine
Running Time
92 mins
Year
2011
Kanopy ID
2952587
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Comments (5)
Pretty good
The basic problem with the premise is that if D-day had failed the Germans would still have been defeated by the Red Army that had been pushing German forces back for almost two years already. The real impact of a failed D-Day would have been the conquering of Europe by the Soviets. Now, ...Read more
The basic problem with the premise is that if D-day had failed the Germans would still have been defeated by the Red Army that had been pushing German forces back for almost two years already. The real impact of a failed D-Day would have been the conquering of Europe by the Soviets. Now, there's a film premise worth exploring.
Read lessThis is not really an action movie, more a drama.
wonder what her book at her house said. dating that book april 11 implied she was going to commit suicide, and wandering off, well that might have been.. sad. better to kill yourself than live with a kindred soul from the wrong side of the war? Hauptman was clearly empathetic, polite, and ...Read more
wonder what her book at her house said. dating that book april 11 implied she was going to commit suicide, and wandering off, well that might have been.. sad. better to kill yourself than live with a kindred soul from the wrong side of the war? Hauptman was clearly empathetic, polite, and just doing his job, in as humane a way as he could
Read lesslong and wierd movie. didn't really know what was going on, but that's life, isn't it. Sharon Morgan.