Great story but...

Rating: 7/10 (23 October 2009)

I found it fascinating. But I have problems with the morality play here. I understand that the Holocaust was horrible but the woman in this movie portrayed by Kate Winslet is someone caught up in the horror of German dominance. Michael Berg on the other hand, has free will in his actions and his choices are utterly contemptible and repugnant. He's actually worse then the woman he so freely judges. The movie is riveting but has such a sadness that it borders on depressing. It also begs the question for today's society, are you so very sure that you would be able to refrain from doing similar when you have a gun held to your head.