Original sentence: Der Unsichtbare was not a commercial success, failing to finish in the Top 100 films in Germany in 1987.The film was shown at the Munich film festival that year, one reviewer of its showing describing it as a “work of ignorance”
Edited sentence: Despite the fame of its cast and director, Der Unsichtbare was not a commercial success, failing to finish in the Top 100 films in Germany in 1987.The film was shown at the Munich film festival that year, one reviewer of its showing describing it as a “work of ignorance” which stood as a metaphor for the German film industry: invisible