Far and away the BEST documentary I've ever seen! I've only seen it once, in a theatre, about 32 years ago, but the images and the words of the people who told of their Occupation experiences still stay with me. I wondered then, and still do, how in the world the filmmaker got his subjects -- especially those who had admittedly collaborated with the Nazis -- to be so forthcoming. To me, that's the value that makes this movie stand head and shoulders above all other documentaries (including those of Michael Moore, whose work I also love): the way Orphuls gets right to the innermost soul of the people he films.
Now that it's out on DVD, I intend to buy it, no matter how overpriced or poor quality -- the film itself is that good.
Now that it's out on DVD, I intend to buy it, no matter how overpriced or poor quality -- the film itself is that good.