Winterjagd

TV Movie
2017
1h 18m

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On a cold, wintry night, Lena shows up on the doorstep of the Rossberg family mansion. She claims her car has broken down, but her arrival is intentional. Lena is in pursuit of Anselm Rossbe... Read allOn a cold, wintry night, Lena shows up on the doorstep of the Rossberg family mansion. She claims her car has broken down, but her arrival is intentional. Lena is in pursuit of Anselm Rossberg, an aged Auschwitz guard who lives with his daughter, Maria. Anselm and Maria both deny... Read allOn a cold, wintry night, Lena shows up on the doorstep of the Rossberg family mansion. She claims her car has broken down, but her arrival is intentional. Lena is in pursuit of Anselm Rossberg, an aged Auschwitz guard who lives with his daughter, Maria. Anselm and Maria both deny Anselm's past, but Lena is determined to get him to confess, even as her own weapon is tu... Read all

Director
- Astrid Schult
Writers
- Daniel Bickermann
- Astrid Schult
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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YOUR RATING

Director
- Astrid Schult
Writers
- Daniel Bickermann
- Astrid Schult
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

Photos5

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User reviews4

7.0130

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More of a theater play than a movie

Every aspect of this so-called movie screams of a theatrical performance. Even the way the actors "act", quite unnaturally, just slightly emphasizing emotions and facial movements a tiny bit too much, too continuously, just like during a live play, on stage, because the audience is far away, and not all of them have binocular.... Except maybe for the old Nazi guy who sounded and looked somehow a lot more real and believable to me than the two women.

That being said, the script is quite fine and holds its own, even if quite predictable, not the ending, but the underlying predicament.

All in all, it's a nice little theatre piece. Worth watching, in my opinion.

9LeonardHaid

When The Hunter Becomes The Hunted

Winterjagd is fantastic. I don't get how a film this good has only one write-up on IMDb (mine)...what is up with the world. Maybe the director should consider making a zombie superhero film next.

If you like intelligent thrillers; if you like the idea of a tense drama taking place in a huge and remote countryside mansion in a Germany blanketed by dark and snow; if you like the intimacy, intensity, and director's pure focus of a fine-acting ensemble cast's battle of wits; then you will love this film. See it, somehow. I saw it alone at a Toronto Jewish Film Festival venue, so after it ended I sought out strangers in the audience to talk to about it. Everyone I talked to was excited about it.