American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally is a 2021 American drama film directed by Michael Polish from a screenplay from Vance Owen, Darryl Hicks, and Michael Polish, and starring Meadow Williams, Thomas Kretschmann, Al Pacino, Swen Temmel, Mitch Pileggi, Carsten Norgaard, Lala Kent, Marcus Rafinski, and Carlos Leal. It is based on the book Axis Sally Confidential by William E. Owen and was initially released on 28 May 2021 in the United States.
== Premise ==
After being forced by the Nazis to sing defeatist war propaganda, Mildred Gillars is captured by American authorities and sent to trial. After agreeing to defend Mildred Gillars, lawyer James Laughlin struggles to redeem her reputation.
== Cast ==
*Al Pacino as James Laughlin, an attorney who represented Gillars after she was put on trial for treason
*Meadow Williams as Mildred Gillars
*Swen Temmel as Billy Owen
*Thomas Kretschmann as Joseph Goebbels, the head of the Nazi propaganda machine
*Mitch Pileggi as John Kelly, the prosecutor at Gillars's trial
*Lala Kent as Elva
*Carsten Norgaard as Max Otto Koischwitz
*Drew Taylor as Randy
== Production & release ==
EFO Films announced had acquired the screenplay by Vance Owen and Darryl Hicks based upon the book, Axis Sally Confidential, by Willem E. Owen in May 2017. It was also later announced that Michael Polish will direct the film, between November 2018 and April 2019, various actors have joined as being part of the cast of the film. In February 2019, principal photography for this film took place in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film in April 2021, then released the film on May 28, 2021.
== Reception ==
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed nine critics and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed one as positive and eight as negative for a 11% rating. Among the reviews, it determined an average rating of 3.90 out of 10.
Hope Madden of UK Film Review said "Aside from Pacino, the cast is uniformly awful. 
Category:2021 films
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Category:2021 drama films
Category:Drama films
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