Die verlorene Zeit

beautiful, haunting, superbly acted. One of the finest personal stories I've seen about World War II. Excellent cast! I felt that there wasn't black or white, and while it would have been easy to fall into clichés, the story actually left a lot to explore on our own and there was much more grey. I was particularly impressed by the actors, there was so much nuance and emotion and subtlety that at times I felt it was too real to be acted out. I stumbled upon this movie on Netflix and I didn't know what to expect. WWII movies can be too melodramatic and predictable, in my experience. However, this swept me off my feet and I feel that I will be going back to these story over and over again. I am so glad that I have decided to give it a try! Fantastic movie!

I really enjoyed this movie. Well acted by all, with an exceptional performance by Susanne Lothar as Stefania: Her face can convey an entire page of dialogue without a word. The cinematography was wonderful as well, darkness playing a large part of dark subject matter. Stories like this one tend to get lost over time while the major battles and often-told hero accounts stay in the public's mind. I'm sure this isn't the only concentration camp love story to be told, but it gives the observer a view they may never have imagined. Much time and thought...and possibly discussion...will be given to the ending, I promise you that. See it; you won't be disappointed.

As of this writing, there are 1894 films on my IMDb list. If I rate them by excellence, this would be in the top three. If I listed only war and Holocaust movies, it would be Number 1 (The Boy In The Striped Pajamas would be number two.) The story is brilliant. The acting is magnificent. The low key photography and the often bleak weather settings fit the story perfectly. And the ending... No spoiler here. Let's just say my wife and I will discuss the ending many times. Powerful, powerful stuff yet understated, its fierce emotions (love, hate, suspicion,anger, fear) often conveyed without words, just superb facial gestures and expressions. It's also quite an accomplishment to make any film --- much less a superb one like this --- in four languages (English, German, Polish, Russian) I saw no listing of awards. It deserves any number of them! Screening this remarkable film more than makes up for all the bad movies --- perhaps 60% of those 1894 entries --- that I've endured over the years. If cinema is indeed an art form, this is a Van Gogh!

This movie reminded me a modern day Doctor Zhivago. I loved everything about the movie, I loved how the past and the present appear right next to each other. Not sure what the previous reviewer meant about the historical accuracy issues...or why he had mention Auschwitz in his review. Mr. or Mrs Shwartz, there were hundreds of concentration camps during WW2, there was no mention of Auschwitz camp during the movie. It could have been any camp. What did you mean with the high school students? Were you trying to hurt feeling of the people like myself who actually enjoyed the movie? What movie would you recommend instead? Did you really see the movie? I was a little afraid the movie was going to be little corny but I didn't have to. The directing, acting the paste were executed beautifully.

Remembrance very quickly alerts the viewer to the horrors of a concentration camp. It's not a death camp, in fact it seems to be a bakery, but the constant insults and shouting of orders, and the way prisoners have learnt to be automatically deferential to their captors, is palatable. It's a bit of an eye-opener and worth a look just for that. The escape is knife-edged, also worth a look. The movie continues to be poignant by reproducing some common dilemmas and attitudes toward known at that time, even when in relative safety. As a war movie it's a great story. The contrast with 1971 New York is given in parallel throughout but is not too intrusive if you're only really interested in the story 1944-45, but I would question the need for it at all. Added to that is the problem of the younger/older versions of the heroine bearing very little physical similarities aside from height and hair colour. And in regard to the 1971 aspect, whilst I know as a baby boomer myself, and having grown up surrounded by war veterans, all of whom tended to be overly serious and dismissive of my generation, that the apparent meanness of the couple later in life shown here is probably a true reflection, quite frankly, as a movie, well, it was hard to watch. That's what is keeping my score here down to a 7. If you liked movies like Sophie's Choice (1982) then you'll probably like this one. Given it's a true story and a very competent piece of film theatre, with good sets/actors/locations/cameras, Remembrance is easy to recommend.