the greatest casualty of war is innocence

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2009)

this is a movie that will haunt you. the director has very skillfully used the innocence of a child to question the madness of war and its outcome. ultimately, the innocence is sacrificed at the altar of cruelty, cleansing the race to some lunatics. the acting is superb. kudos to the two child actors. direction too good. dialogs are simple that a child of that age can speak, but will make you think and cry. overall its a masterpiece, few examples, when the Nazi Lieutenant shouts at the Jewish old man working at the commandant's house, you yourself feel the hatred in his voice and the fear in the Jew. the conversation between the boy and the old Jew or when the boy hugs his father, relieved that his father is a good man, and then follows the climax. the climax, o boy, will remember till the day i die. however, the music at parts has the flavor of "a beautiful mind". should make it big at the Oscars. definitely,one of the best of this decade. But, I do agree with one of the other reviewer that it would have been even more original had it been in German with subtitles. too good a movie. MUST MUST SEE.