The most powerful film about the Holocaust ever

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2009)

This is one of the best movies about a terrible piece of human history EVER. I cannot rate it - it is beyond rating. The adaptation from the book is one of the most poignant and relevant pieces of cinema in a very long time. Why has this movie received no awards? Why was it not given a BAFTA, Oscar???? It beggars belief. The reason this story is so masterful is because it takes the position of viewing what happened from the eyes of children and therefore the symbolism of lost innocence is particularly moving to anyone who watches this film. It rips into the dark heart of human evil; politics and war, racism, genocide and how human beings can grow from being innocent children into adults that create havoc on a beautiful earth. Every character portrayed in the story has a facet of this dilemma to fulfill - from the SS officers to the family, to the women of the film , to the young budding Nazi girl to the grandparents, to the servants in the house and of course the relationship between the young German boy and his Jewish friend. The unravelling of the story to the final climax is the most bitter sweet emotionally powerful impact that must effect any viewer to the core of their being. Please watch this film. It is one of the most important films ever made.