The reviewer just doesn't get it--or does not want to .....

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2003)

The criticisms of the reviewer who makes fun of this movie either is totally oblivious to what Germany was like, pre and post war, or does not want to admit that the movie was accurate. The Germans acted exactly as portrayed in the movie in the post-war era. No one knew anything, and no one saw anything. Millions disappeared, no one noticed. OK. That's believeable. Additionally, the interactions between the Americans and the Germans was perfectly depicted in the film, and as to Klemperer's character being a joke, it should be remembered that many Nazis acted exactly like that--totally defiant--during the trials. Meanwhile, to say that the Germans were not well defended by Schell's charater is totally wrong. Perhaps that is where this reviewer was wrong more than any area. Schell quotes Oliver Wendell Holmes and laws from the Commonwealth of Virginia to show that German laws portrayed as immoral were ones in force in America. Additionally, he quoted Churchill's positive statement about Hitler which was made before 1938. This movie is extraordinary. Tracy and Schell are beyond compare.