an illuminating character study

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 1999)

This film dwells on the 'insanity of war' for no more than six minutes before immersing itself in its real theme i.e.the conflict between good and evil.It is an unrelenting examination of hubris,venality,mendacity and the rationalization of weakness. It concludes with no moral,merely leaving the viewer with a heightened awareness that evil triumphs as often as not. Truly compelling.