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The hypocritical and amoral character of imperialism (Britain at the time of the film's story, now the United States) has rarely been so openly exposed in film. I've read a reviewer asking "Why has it never been released on video in the UK?" The answer is perhaps because this movie is too frank. The movie shows the naked truth: Freedom, independence, liberty..., almost sacred concepts that once made humanity better and more beautiful, are today just dirty tools of hegemony, Audiences who are tired of clichéd exoticism and don't want to be distracted by hollow tales sugar-coated with technical charm will enjoy this movie.

Vonnegut exhibits the true nature of war, as politics by other (and usually very brutal) means. A story never gets old, never to be forgotten. No heroes or romantism, just the same old animal instinct of power and hegemony. No winners. Losers are always the human beings, its culture and values. That's all war is about.

"Schlachthof-fünf" was actually the name of the slaughterhouse where Vonnegut and the other Allied POWs were kept in Dresden. The ally bombing of Dresden, this bombastic baroque city once known as the "Florence of the North" and the "most beautiful historic city", is a true story which transformed the whole city into a real slaughterhouse.

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To begin with, this film is a delightful farewell to the great actress Susanne Lothar (Chris, Kathi's mother) who has died six months before the release of the film, at the age of just 51. But this is certainly a Stephanie Stremler (Kathi, 30-year-old single mother) film. Her acting suits very well to the attitude of Hanna Doose (director & writer in her first feature film), with lots of improvisation, This beautiful emancipation story of a young woman warms your heart.